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This Resolution formally requests the State Auditor to conduct a comprehensive social and financial assessment of House Bill No. 249, a proposed law from 2021 that aims to prevent discrimination in reproductive healthcare services and require health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to cover a range of reproductive health services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures without any out-of-pocket costs for individuals. The Auditor is tasked with evaluating the potential impacts of this proposed mandatory health insurance coverage and is required to submit a report of their findings and recommendations, including any suggestions for new legislation, to the Legislature at least twenty days before the start of the 2023 Regular Session. This process is mandated by Hawaii Revised Statutes section 23-51, which requires such an assessment before the Legislature considers any legislation that would mandate specific health insurance coverage.