Bill > HB2536

This bill establishes the Office of Payment Monitoring within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to address issues with health or sickness insurers not promptly paying healthcare providers for "clean claims," which are complete, well-documented, and uncontested bills. The new office will proactively monitor these payments, enforce penalties for delayed reimbursements that are subject to a fifteen percent annual interest rate under existing law, and collect data through audits of insurer payments. The bill also appropriates funds for the establishment and operation of this office and requires its administrator to have a cooling-off period before working for any entity regulated by the office.

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https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2536&year=2026