SB 1040 SD2 HD1

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 14, 2025.

OWR; Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness; Study; Report.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-1040
Session 2026
Status in_committee
Committee HLT, CPC, FIN
Senate in_committee 2025-03-14
Healthcare
Summary

Requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience to conduct a study on the cost and feasibility of establishing a program to acquire and forgive medical debt owed by certain households in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 12/31/2050. (HD1)

Sponsor
Chris Lee
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
0000-00-00 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-03-14 Status in_committee
2025-03-14 Latest Action Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
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