HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro, Chair

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee, Vice Chair

Rep. Della Au Belatti	Rep. Faye P. Hanohano	Rep. John Mizuno	Rep. James Kunane Tokioka
Rep. Tom Brower	Rep. Sharon E. Har	Rep. Bob Nakasone	Rep. Karen Leinani Awana
Rep. Mele Carroll	Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay	Rep. Karl Rhoads	Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer
Rep. Pono Chong	Rep. Joey Manahan	Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III	Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	THURSDAY, March 29, 2007
TIME:	4:45 P.M.
PLACE:	Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A  # 3

SB 1678 SD2, HD2 (HSCR1473)	RELATING TO MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT. Amends Medicaid fee schedule law to require an annual adjustment for inflation.  Appropriates funds to retroactively adjust for inflation, payments made to fee-for-service providers for fiscal biennium 2005-2007.  Changes Medicaid fee schedule to a percentage of the 2006 Medicare fee schedule.	HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN
SB 1672 SD2, HD2 (HSCR1456)	RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends medicaid fee schedule to set the rate of payment at one hundred per cent of the Medicare fee schedule.  Appropriates $9,800,000 to retroactively adjust for payments made to fee-for-service providers for fiscal biennium 2005-2007, $17,600,000 for fiscal biennium 2007-2009 to increase the Medicaid fee schedule, and $8,000,000 for the state portion of the Medicaid federal disproportionate share hospital allowance.	HSH/HLT, JUD, FIN
SB 1184 SD2, HD2 (HSCR1455)	RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTION. Expands the adult protective services law by extending protections to vulnerable adults.  Enables the Department of Human Services to investigate and the court to have jurisdiction when reason exists to believe that a vulnerable adult has been abused or is threatened with imminent abuse.  Effective July 1, 2112.	HSH, JUD, FIN
SB 1210 SD1 (HSCR1239)	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Increases authorization for special purpose revenue bonds under Act 296, SLH 1999.  Extends repeal date of SPRBs for Honolulu Neighborhood Housing Services from 6/30/08 to 6/30/2011.	HSH, FIN
SB 1352 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1442)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Clarifies certain amendments to the repealed Chapter 201G, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), that were intended to relate to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the programs it administers, by making those amendments to the new Chapter 201H, HRS.	HSH, FIN
SB 1017 HD1 (HSCR1292)	RELATING TO HOUSING. Makes technical and housekeeping amendments to ensure that the Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Association's zero-interest revolving loan can continue to assist low-income families to become homeowners.	HSH, FIN

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Chair