STAND. COM. REP. NO.  387

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 569

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 569 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to:

 

(1)  Require recipients of medical assistance under any Medicaid program administered by the Department of Human Services (DHS), including any Medicaid waiver program, to re-enroll in such Medicaid program every year;

 

(2)  Eliminate any automatic re-enrollment process or program for any recipient of medical assistance under any Medicaid program administered by DHS beginning January 1, 2014; and

 

(3)  Require the parent or legal guardian of a minor receiving medical assistance under any Medicaid program administered by DHS, including any Medicaid waiver program, to be responsible for re-enrolling in such Medicaid program on behalf of the minor.  

 

     DHS and the Alliance of Residential Care Administrators testified in support of this bill.  AlohaCare opposed this measure.  A concerned individual provided comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Establishing a joint legislative task force on Medicaid to examine issues relating to Medicaid;

 

(2)  Requiring reimbursement for reason of parity for Medicaid beneficiaries categorized in the same or equivalent level of care, living in a community based facility, whether a licensed community care foster family home or licensed adult residential care home; and

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 569, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 569, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair