STAND. COM. REP. NO. 359

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1260

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1260 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assist the chronically ill and disabled elderly by extending to June 30, 2007, the repeal date of the demonstration project at Maluhia Hospital known as the Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). This two-year extension will provide PACE with the necessary transition period as it awaits federal approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to become a permanent provider.

The Department of Human Services and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1260 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

 

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair