CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.97
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1317
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1317, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries continue to receive a broad range of medical coverage by prohibiting the Department of Human Services (DHS) from taking any action or expending state resources to remove prescription drug benefits from managed care plans that provide health care coverage for Hawaii Medicaid beneficiaries.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring DHS to submit a report to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2006 on the impact of carving out pharmaceutical benefits management from managed care plans;
(2) Clarifying that DHS shall not take any action to remove pharmaceutical benefits management from managed care plans that provide health care coverage for Hawaii Medicaid beneficiaries and placing the provision in the Session Laws of Hawaii rather than the Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(3) Changing the effective date to effective upon approval; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1317, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1317, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ KENNETH HIRAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair |