Section 6-81-65 - Telecommunications services to health care providers - general(a) Upon the receipt of a bona fide request, a telecommunications carrier shall provide telecommunications services that are necessary for the provision of health care services, including instruction relating to such services, to any public or nonprofit health care provider, that serves persons who reside in a high cost area, at rates that are reasonably comparable to the rates charged for similar services in the urban areas in the State. For purposes of this section, the following areas in the State are deemed urban areas: (1) The entire island of Oahu; and(2) Areas on the neighbor islands where the rates charged health care providers are no greater than the rates charged ordinary businesses on the island of Oahu.(b) The rates to be charged a health care provider under subsection (a) shall be tariffed. The tariff, when filed with the commission, is subject to protest, in which event, the provisions of § 6-80-40(c) apply. The tariff is also subject to commission review. Upon review, the commission may: (1) Deny or reject the tariff;(2) Revise or modify the tariff; or(3) Allow the tariff to take effect.(c) A carrier providing service to a health care provider in a high cost area at rates prescribed in subsection (a) may secure a subsidy from the universal service fund for any difference between the carrier's rates and the rates for similar services provided to customers in other high cost areas in the State. The amount of this subsidy is exclusive of the costs for basic service subsidized pursuant to this chapter.[Eff ] (Auth: HRS § 269-6) (Imp: 47 U.S.C. §254 )