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HI HB 1536

died on adjournment

RELATING 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

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Attribution

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