STAND. COM. REP. NO.857
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 636
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. 636 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR NONINSTITUTIONAL PROVIDERS OF MEDICAL CARE FOR SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to simplify the Department of Human Services' (DHS) reimbursement to noninstitutional providers of medical care by:
(1) Allowing DHS to create a new fee schedule that maintains reimbursement rates according to services provided, rather than specialty of practice; and
(2) Deleting statutory language that is now unnecessary due to the establishment of the QUEST Managed Care Waiver Program.
DHS and the Hawaii Medical Association submitted testimony in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of 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 H.B. No. 636, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 636, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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