STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1153-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2883
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2883, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     STATE'S MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES FOR THE
     DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OR MENTALLY RETARDED PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make an emergency
appropriation for additional funds for the State's Medicaid Home
and Community Based Care Services for the Developmentally
Disabled or Mentally Retarded program (Title XIX waiver program),
which is jointly financed by the state and federal government.
The additional funding will allow:

     (1)  Continued service to existing and additional clients in
          the Title XIX waiver program; and

     (2)  Admission of additional people to the Title XIX waiver
          program to address the issues raised in Makin v. State
          of Hawaii, Civil No. 98-00997 DAE.

     Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by the State
Planning Council On Developmental Disabilities, the Department of
Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Arc in Hawaii.
The Disability And Communication Access Board supported the
intent of this bill.


 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.
  
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2883, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2883, S.D.
2, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair