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This concurrent resolution strongly supports and recommends the implementation of the Revised 2025 Hawaii Patient Bill of Rights, a comprehensive update to patient protections addressing modern healthcare challenges such as AI-driven insurance decisions, data security, and provider shortages. The resolution establishes a detailed framework covering key areas including clear information provision, specialist referrals, patient autonomy, emergency care, and appeals processes. It introduces specific provisions for transparent prior authorization procedures, with mandatory turnaround times for urgent and non-urgent requests, and requires AI-driven coverage denials to be reviewed by board-certified specialists. The resolution mandates robust data protection measures, including HIPAA-equivalent safeguards for offshore data handling, and empowers the Insurance Commissioner to enforce these standards through audits, investigations, and potential penalties. Additionally, it establishes reporting requirements, creates a multidisciplinary advisory group to review compliance, and includes anti-retaliation protections for healthcare providers. The resolution calls for phased implementation, with some provisions taking immediate effect and others allowed up to twelve months for full compliance, while encouraging voluntary early adoption by insurers and healthcare entities to ensure a smooth transition in protecting patient rights.

Health and Social Services

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SCR&billnumber=45&year=2025