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HI SB 2167

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Revises the Hawaii Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act by: (1) Establishing new provisions on telehealth parity, prior authorization timelines, and automated decision systems; (2) Enhancing medical data protection and privacy standards; (3) Expanding the insurance commissioner's enforcement authority; and (4) Improving network adequacy, internal and external appeals procedures, and reporting requirements.

Introduced
2026-01-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-26 — Referred to HHS, CPN.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • MCKELVEYprimary
  • RICHARDSprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • FUKUNAGAprimary
  • San Buenaventuracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HHS, CPN.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2026-01-14

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2167&year=2026

Attribution

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