STAND. COM. REP. NO.1146-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2026
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2026, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INCREASED MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide for fair reimbursement to physicians and hospitals under the Medicaid program.
Specifically, this bill:
(1) Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services (DHS) for fiscal year 2002-2003 to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates to hospitals and physicians to cover medical services provided to participants in the Medicaid fee-for-service program; and
(2) Increases QUEST capitation payments to cover the costs of providing services to QUEST patients.
The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation testified in support of the intent of this measure. DHS and the Department of Budget and Finance testified in opposition to this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, conformity, and style.
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. 2026, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2026, S.D. 1, 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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