CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 116

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 576

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 576, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INNOVATION WAIVER,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enable Hawaii to obtain a state innovation waiver from the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), as amended, by:

 

(1)  Narrowing the focus of the State Innovation Waiver Task Force (Task Force) to developing a plan for applying for a state innovation waiver that complies with section 1332 of the ACA and all applicable public notice requirements;

 


(2)  Providing that the Task Force's interim reports to the Legislature do not have to recommend allocations of existing moneys available for health reform and innovation; and

 

(3)  Making an appropriation for expenses related to developing the state innovation waiver.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Requiring the Task Force to examine the feasibility of providing affordable insurance coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals that include innovations to the State's existing Medicaid program;

 

(2)  Deleting the appropriation; and

 

(3)  Changing the effective to July 1, 2015.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 576, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 576, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair