STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1071-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2088

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2088 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to bring more transparency into the operations of the Medicaid program in Hawaii by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Human Services to notify the Legislature of any proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Hawaii and state plan amendments; and

 

     (2)  Clarifying that the Legislature may by statute require the Department of Human Services to either make changes or not make changes to Hawaii's Medicaid program or submit a state plan amendment.

 

     Healthcare Association of Hawaii, United Self Help, Papa Ola Lokahi, and a concerned individual supported the measure.  The Hawaii Primary Care Association supported the intent of the measure.  The Department of Human Services opposed the measure. 

 

     Your Committees note that the Legislature continues to work to bring transparency and public input into the evolving operations of the Medicaid program in Hawaii.  Your Committees also note that the testifiers have agreed to work together to increase input and transparency in the Medicaid program in Hawaii as this measure moves through the legislative process. 

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote 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 S.B. No. 2088, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2088, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

 

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