CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.93
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1234
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1234, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUEST,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to ensure greater financial equity to health plans and providers that serve high-risk individuals covered by the QUEST program by:
(1) Directing the QUEST Medicaid Agency to calculate and withhold from health plan capitalization payments all moneys budgeted for perinatal services including obstetric and other delivery costs;
(2) Directing QUEST to request state health plans to provide claims paid data on substance abuse and related behavioral health encounter information for the purpose of assessing the feasibility of a substance abuse carve out beginning July 1, 2002; and
(3) Directing the Department of Human Services (DHS) to expand the definition of "enabling services" to include services such as early periodic screening development testing, native Hawaiian and traditional healing services, and certain services provided by federally qualified health centers.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Removing the requirement that the QUEST Medicaid Agency calculate and withhold from health plan capitation payments;
(2) Inserting provisions for risk adjusting for deliveries and requiring a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002 regarding the risk adjustment methodology used in the QUEST bid process;
(3) Allowing DHS more flexibility in defining "enabling services;"
(4) Allowing DHS flexibility in determining the number of children eligible for health insurance under the State's Med-QUEST program;
(5) Removing the appropriation;
(6) Changing the effective date to upon approval; and
(7) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1234, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1234, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ DAVID M. MATSUURA, Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BOB NAKASONE, Co-Chair |
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