STAND. COM. REP. NO.  335-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1366

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1366 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure health care services that include cultural services and integrated care, as well as integrated behavioral health services, are provided at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and the Waimanalo Health Center.

 

     Specifically, this bill establishes the Medical Home Demonstration Project (Demonstration Project) to ensure that the medical needs of low-income persons who seek medical services in Waianae and Waimanalo are met.

 

     The Waimanalo Health Center, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and AlohaCare supported this bill.  The Ohana Health Plan opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Removing geographic limitations to the Demonstration Project by deleting references to Waianae and Waimanalo and providing that the Demonstration Project will provide services through any federally qualified health center in the state;

 

(2)  Requiring that the Department of Human Services (DHS) will contract with AlohaCare or any qualified not-for-profit health plan willing to participate, to manage the care of patients under the Demonstration Project;

 

(3)  Blanking out the percentage of the contracted funds a contracted provider is required to set aside for incentives for the medical homes to implement electronic medical records;

 

(4)  Extending the term of the Demonstration Project by one year to June 30, 2013;

 

(5)  Changing DHS reporting requirements to delete the report due to the Legislature prior to the 2010 Regular Session and adding a report due prior to the 2013 Regular Session;

 

(6)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(7)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1366, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1366, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair