STAND. COM. REP. NO. 323-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1943
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1943 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding a new section that appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to provide an inflationary adjustment to a long-term care facility's provider-specific prospective payment; and
(2) Adding a sunset date of June 30, 2017.
Should your Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Human Services respectfully requests that it consider $1,900,000 for the purpose of providing an inflation adjustment to long-term care facilities' provider-specific prospective payment rates.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1943, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1943, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,
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____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair |
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