RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Allows deductions for health care costs (which includes long-term care insurance premium costs) for amounts in excess of 0.5% (rather than 7.5%) of adjusted gross income.

HLT/HSH, FIN

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.Provides tax credit to resident taxpayers, regardless of adjusted gross income, for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,000 or 20% of the amount of the insurance premium paid. Prohibits medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost if tax credit is claimed.

HLT/HSH, FIN

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Provides tax credit to resident taxpayers, regardless of adjusted gross income, for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,500 or 50% of the amount of the insurance premium paid. If the tax credit is claimed, a medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost is prohibited.

HLT/HSH, FIN

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Provides a tax credit to resident taxpayers, regardless of adjusted gross income, for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,500 or a percentage of the amount of the insurance premium paid. If the tax credit is claimed, a medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost is prohibited.

PENDING

RE-REFERRAL

RELATING TO CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT.

Provides a $5,000 tax credit for providers of eligible care recipients.

PENDING

RE-REFERRAL

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Establishes a long-term care income tax to pay for long-term care benefits; imposes tax on individuals earning not less than an unspecified amount of income; allows recipient of LTC benefits to transfer benefits upon death to designated person; establishes long-term care income tax credit for amounts paid for purchase of long-term care insurance; clarifies that long-term care taxes are not state funds; makes appropriations.

HLT/HSH, FIN

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Makes it a state objective to recognize the importance of the contributions of family caregivers and to support them, to the extent possible, in serving the long-term care needs of the State's residents.

HLT/HSH

RELATING TO CONSUMER-DIRECTED CARE.

Requires the department of human services to establish a consumer-directed care program that allows recipients of home and community-based services to select the services they need and to choose their providers, giving consumers more choices and greater control over the purchased long-term care they receive.

PENDING

RE-REFERRAL

RELATING TO FAMILY CAREGIVERS.

Appropriates funds to the executive office on aging for a family caregiver services coordinator position, training for family caregivers, respite for family caregivers, and the establishment of an advisory board of family caregiving issues.

RELATING TO FAMILY AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT.

Requires department of health, within limits of state and federal resources, to provide certain family and caregiver support services to persons aged 60 and older and their families and caregivers.

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Appropriates $ in FY 2004-2005 to DOH and $ to DHS to reimburse family caregivers who provide at-home care to qualified relatives. Sets eligibility and uses of reimbursement. Requires DHS and DOH to adopt rules.

HSH/HLT, FIN

RELATING TO TRANSFER TRAUMA.

Recognizes transfer trauma and its impact on health care decisions. Requires the DOH to consider threats to an individual's health and safety caused by transfer trauma when considering transfer of adult residential care home residents, and license revocation, and/or closure of or reduction of beds in the facilities.

RELATING TO QUALITY ASSURANCE.

Adds long-term care facility, home care agency, and hospice to those institutions that may establish an interdisciplinary quality assurance committee.

RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.

Delays to 07/01/2008 removal of distinction between hospital- and nonhospital-based reimbursement rates for institutionalized long-term care under medicaid. Makes permanent definition of "critical access hospital", payment methodology, and exemption from medicaid reimbursement equity.

RELATING TO PAIN PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS.

Gives rights to pain patients. Authorizes doctors to prescribe medically necessary dose of controlled substance to treat intractable pain. Protects doctor from disciplinary action. Allows refusal to so prescribe but requires informing patient of other doctors who use opiates to treat chronic intractable pain.

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KULAMALU LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY AND ADULT DAY CARE FACILITY IN KULA, MAUI.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the design, land acquisition, and construction of the Kulamalu Long-Term Care Facility in Kula, Maui.

RELATING TO WEST NILE VIRUS.

Short form measure to improve the State's ability to detect, prevent, and respond to West Nile Virus.

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form measure to clarify the primacy of department of health rules regarding the sale of fish.

RELATING TO A LONG-TERM CARE TAX CREDIT.

Provides a refundable net income tax credit to individuals purchasing long-term care insurance.

HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Appropriates $ in FY 2004-2005 to DOH and $ to DHS to reimburse family caregivers who provide at-home care to qualified relatives. Sets eligibility and uses of reimbursement. Requires DHS and DOH to adopt rules.

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Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina

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Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki