HI HB 1536
died on adjournmentRELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the cost of prosthetic devices, including activity-specific prostheses, and orthotic devices for policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed on or after 1/1/2027. Establishes an unspecified minimum yearly benefit for prosthetic devices and orthotic devices.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-21
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-01-26 — Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- TAKAYAMAprimary
- AMATOprimary
- GARCIAprimary
- ILAGANprimary
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
- KILAprimary
- MARTENprimary
- OLDSprimary
- PERRUSOprimary
- POEPOEprimary
- TARNASprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-26
Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2026-01-14
Prefiled.
Versions
- HB1536Compare
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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