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This Concurrent Resolution formally requests the State Auditor to conduct a comprehensive social and financial assessment of a proposed mandate for health insurance to cover early access breast cancer screening, specifically referencing Senate Bill No. 827, S.D. 2, from the 2021 legislative session. This bill aims to expand coverage to include baseline mammograms for women aged 35-39, annual mammograms for women aged 30-50 deemed at higher risk, and medically necessary supplemental imaging. The resolution emphasizes that this assessment is required by Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) sections 23-51 and 23-52 before such mandates can be considered, and it also directs the Auditor to consider the impact of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare, on the costs of these expanded benefits. The Auditor is tasked with determining the number of health plans available in Hawaii, enrollment figures, the cost of this screening to the state, and must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the Legislature by a specific date.