STAND. COM. REP. NO.2611

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2881

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2881 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELDERLY CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend the repeal date of the PACE demonstration project at Maluhia Hospital by three years to June 30, 2005.

This measure also makes conforming amendments to the federal agency's new name, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Department of Health's new Office of Health Care Assurance Branch, replacing the old Hospital and Medical Facilities Branch.

Act 211, Session Laws of Hawaii 1992, established a demonstration project at Maluhia Hospital known as the program for all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE). PACE provides a complete package of health services that enhances the quality of life for the elderly using a capitated rate structure that costs less than Medicare and Medicaid.

The extension of the sunset date from June 30, 2002, to June 30, 2005, provides the necessary transition period for PACE to attain permanent status when it is granted a permanent provider status by the federal government.

Your Committee has made several technical nonsubstantive amendments, including correcting the organization title "Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services" to "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2881, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2881, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair