Bill Text: HI HCR21 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requesting The State Auditor To Conduct A Sunrise Analysis Of Mandating Health Care Coverage For Cannabidiol Oil Derived From Industrial Hemp.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to HLT/IAC, CPC, referral sheet 27 [HCR21 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HCR21-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

21

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the state auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of mandating health care coverage for cannabidiol oil derived from industrial hemp.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, industrial hemp is defined under the State's industrial hemp pilot program as the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis or a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration allowed by federal law, whichever is greater, that is cultivated; and

 

     WHEREAS, industrial hemp contains cannabidiol, a therapeutic non-psychoactive chemical compound, and low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive chemical compound that is found in high levels in the other type of cannabis plant, Cannabis indica; and

 

     WHEREAS, the medicinal benefits of cannabidiol have been recently recognized by the United States Food and Drug Administration, which, on June 25, 2018, approved Epidiolex (cannabidiol) oral solution for the treatment of seizures associated with severe forms of epilepsy, specifically, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome, in patients two years of age and older; and

 

     WHEREAS, both cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol have similar medicinal benefits, such as relieving pain, reducing nausea, easing migraines, and reducing inflammation, cannabidiol, unlike tetrahydrocannabinol, does not produce a "high", does not have psychoactive side effects, does not increase appetite, and decreases seizures; and

 

     WHEREAS, H.B. No. 20, introduced during the Regular Session of 2019, requires health insurers and similar entities that provide coverage for health care to provide drug coverage for cannabidiol oil that is derived from industrial hemp; and

 

     WHEREAS, pursuant to section 23-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides that before any legislative measure that mandates health insurance coverage for specific health services, specific diseases, or certain providers of health care services as part of individual or group health insurance policies, can be considered, concurrent resolutions shall be passed that designate a specific legislative bill for the auditor to review and prepare a report for submission to the Legislature that assesses both the social and financial effects of the proposed mandated coverage under that legislative bill; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, the Senate concurring, that the State Auditor is requested to assess both the social and financial effects of the proposed mandated coverage of cannabidiol oil that is derived from industrial hemp, as described in H.B. No. 20, introduced during the Regular Session of 2019; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State Auditor is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2020; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the State Auditor and the Insurance Commissioner.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Cannabidiol Oil

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