STAND. COM. REP. NO.606
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1234
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1234, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUEST,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure greater financial equity for health plans and providers that serve high-risk individuals covered by the QUEST Medicaid Agency (QUEST) by:
(1) Directing QUEST 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;
(3) Directing the Department of Human Services (DHS) to expand the definition of "enabling services" to include early periodic screening development testing, native Hawaiian and traditional healing services, and certain services provided by federally qualified health centers; and
(4) Appropriating funds to provide these enabling services under QUEST.
Alohacare, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center submitted testimony in support of this bill. DHS submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.
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 H.B. No. 1234, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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