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 S.B. No. 654, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to set Medicaid payments at a level that fairly compensates providers by ensuring that payments are at least sufficient to cover the actual costs of care offered by providers.

The Department of Human Services, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Association for Home Care, Hawaii Long Term Care Association, Leeward Integrated Health Services, North Hawaii Community Hospital, Queen's Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, St. Francis Healthcare System, Leeward Integrated Health Services, Pohai Nani Good Samaritan Kauhale, Hawaii Air Ambulance, Kapiolani Medical Center, and the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 654, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 654, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.