HawaiiRELATING TO HEALTH CARE.
What it does
Requires hospitals and hospital systems to submit annual certified reports regarding costs associated with Medicare and uninsured patients to the Department of Health, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and State Health Planning and Development Agency. Requires the Department of Health, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and State Health Planning and Development Agency to review the reports, establish standards and procedures, and adopt rules. Requires the Department of Health to consider the reports when determining the department's budget request and designate financial assistance requests in an equitable way.
More detail
Requires the Office of the Auditor to conduct periodic audits of the financial assistance distributed to hospitals and hospital systems. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 10Referred to HHS/CPN, WAM.Latest
- Mar 6Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 114).Minor
- Mar 6Passed First Reading.Minor
- Mar 5Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 844-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- Vote recorded Passed Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 5Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.Passed House
- Feb 27The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M..Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 24Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 18Reported from HLT/CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 475-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- Vote recorded Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).Minor
- Feb 11The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Pierick.Minor
- Feb 10Re-referred to HLT/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 9Minor
- Feb 8This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Monday 02-09-26 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 8Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-11-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 6Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Monday, 02-09-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 2Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6Minor
- Jan 28Introduced and Pass First Reading.Introduced