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HB 2501STATE · HawaiiIn Committee

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Requires hospitals and hospital systems to submit annual certified reports regarding costs associated with Medicare and uninsured patients to the Department of Health, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and State Health Planning and Development Agency. Requires the Department of Health, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and State Health Planning and Development Agency to review the reports, establish standards and procedures, and adopt rules. Requires the Department of Health to consider the reports when determining the department's budget request and designate financial assistance requests in an equitable way. Requires the Office of the Auditor to conduct periodic audits of the financial assistance distributed to hospitals and hospital systems. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 3/10/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

32 yea·0 nay·5 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/10/2026Referred to HHS/CPN, WAM.
  2. 3/6/2026Passed First Reading.
  3. 3/6/2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 114).
  4. 3/5/2026Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
  5. 3/5/2026Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 844-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  6. 2/27/2026The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M..
  7. 2/24/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  8. 2/18/2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  9. 2/18/2026Reported from HLT/CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 475-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  10. 2/11/2026The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Pierick.