CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 104
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 3
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"
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 measure is to ensure that developmental disabilities residential service providers are adequately reimbursed for services by:
(1) Expanding the scope of residential services available to individuals with developmental disabilities or mental retardation;
(2) Establishing new categories of residences for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental retardation;
(3) Allowing the Department of Health to provide level of care and other additional payments to certain residential service providers; and
(4) Appropriating monies for payment of residential services provided by developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and developmental disabilities apartment complexes.
Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by:
(1) Amending subsection 321-15.9(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to authorize the Department of Health to license developmental disabilities domiciliary homes for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental retardation;
(2) Deleting any reference to the Department of Health licensing, certifying, or regulating a developmental disabilities apartment complex;
(3) Clarifying that the Director shall establish criteria for contracts for developmental disabilities apartment complexes and where necessary to provide for additional funding for developmental disabilities domiciliary homes;
(4) Clarifying that the Department of Health may enter into contracts for additional payments for residential services to the providers of developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and payments to operators of developmental disabilities apartment complexes for residential services on terms determined by the Department of Health;
(5) Deleting the appropriation for payment of residential services provided by developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and developmental disabilities apartment complexes;
(6) Substituting the term "contracts" for "purchase of service agreements" to conform to chapter 103F, HRS;
(7) Deleting subsection 321-15.9(f), HRS, which required the rate of payment for residents in the developmental disabilities domiciliary homes to be determined on the same basis as domiciliary care homes as provided under section 436-53, HRS;
(8) Amending the effective date to take effect on July 1, 2005; and
(9) Making technical, non-substantive changes 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 S.B. No. 3, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ Dennis A. Arakaki, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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____________________________ Alex M. Sonson, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Suzanne Chun Oakland, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ Bertha C. Kawakami, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Shan S. Tsutsui, Co-Chair |
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