republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2018-regular-session/hb-694.md

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Bill	RELATING TO HEALTH.	Establishes the Health Analytics Program in the Med-QUEST Division of the Department of Human Services and authorizes the Department of Human Services to maintain an all-payers medical claims database. Appropriates funds for the establishment of two full-time equivalent positions. (HB694 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2018 Regular Session	HB 694	Hawaii HB 694 (2018 Regular Session)	bill	DHS Med-QUEST Division State Health Planning and Development Agency Health and Healthcare Information and Data Health Analytics Program Appropriation ($)	enacted	Aquino Cachola Cullen DeCoite Evans LoPresti MIZUNO Morikawa San Buenaventura THIELEN	5	49	7	2017-01-20	2018-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/00d256de-6785-4ee1-b9b2-3a342526f60f	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=694&year=2018	f2da6c135f1a63b5acffb46526c62b73da32a20a5bb22af7f10f83857436a38a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 694 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes the Health Analytics Program in the Med-QUEST Division of the Department of Human Services and authorizes the Department of Human Services to maintain an all-payers medical claims database. Appropriates funds for the establishment of two full-time equivalent positions. (HB694 CD1)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB694 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB694_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB694_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB694_HD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
5. HB694_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aquino — primary (person)
• Cachola — primary (person)
• Cullen — primary (person)
• DeCoite — primary (person)
• Evans — primary (person)
• LoPresti — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• Morikawa — primary (person)
• San Buenaventura — primary (person)
• THIELEN — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-20 Pending introduction.
• 2017-01-23 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2017-11-30 Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
• 2018-01-17 Re-referred to HHS, FIN, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2018-01-30 Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Friday, 02-02-18 8:30AM in House conference room 329. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
• 2018-02-02 The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Belatti, Learmont, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-15 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 510-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2018-02-15 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, McDermott, Nakamura, Souki, Todd excused (6). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-18 12:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2018-02-27 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kobayashi, Lowen, Tupola, Ward. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1099-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-06-18.
• 2018-03-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2018-03-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 258). introduction
• 2018-03-08 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2018-03-08 Referred to HMS, WAM. referral-committee
• 2018-03-08 The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-18 2:45PM in conference room 016.
• 2018-03-12 The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HMS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Green, S. Chang, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Tokuda. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-21 Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2988) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• 2018-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
• 2018-03-29 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-18 10:30AM in conference room 211.
• 2018-04-04 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 The committee on WAM will reconsider its previous decision on 04-04-18 and will hold a public decision making on 04-06-18 10:55AM in conference room 211.
• 2018-04-06 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3616) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2018-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-18.
• 2018-04-10 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2018-04-10 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 585) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2018-04-12 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2018-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
• 2018-04-16 House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Learmont, Tupola.
• 2018-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
• 2018-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Green Chair; Shimabukuro, S. Chang Co-Chairs; Wakai.
• 2018-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 804).
• 2018-04-23 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-24-18 10:15AM in conference room 325.
• 2018-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Learmont; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
• 2018-04-24 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Green, Shimabukuro, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 24-18) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2018-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-01-18.
• 2018-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 24-18).
• 2018-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
• 2018-05-01 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2018-05-01 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2018-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
• 2018-05-02 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2018-05-03 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
• 2018-06-29 Act 055, on 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1156). executive-signature
• 2018-06-29 Act 055, 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1156). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00d256de-6785-4ee1-b9b2-3a342526f60f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).