Only four insurance-related measures were enacted by the Hawaii Legislature in the recently concluded 2019 session. The legislation is as follows:
HB 273 - This bill establishes an exemption for insurers issuing group policies from the required annual privacy notice to individual customers under certain circumstances. The bill was transmitted to the Governor on April 24, 2019.
SB 25 - Related to health insurance, the measure amends portions of the Hawaii Insurance Code under title 24 to update and improve existing code provisions. It allows the Insurance Division to create stopgap measures to implement the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Health Benefit Plan. The bill was enrolled to the governor on May 6, 2019.
Mr. Eyerly may be contacted at te@hawaiilawyer.com