CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 113
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 802
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
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. 802, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A STATE PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,"
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 establish a state pharmacy assistance program to provide continuing or new prescription drug benefits to eligible elderly and disabled residents, and to facilitate the enrollment and coordination of benefits between the state pharmacy assistance program and the new Medicare Part D drug benefit program provided by the federal Medicare Modernization Act.
This measure will assist Medicare and Medicaid eligible individuals to retain some of their current drug benefits and will also assist a number of Medicare eligible individuals in receiving new drug benefits that they would otherwise no longer receive when dual eligible individuals are required to participate in the federal Medicare Part D drug benefit program on January 1, 2006.
Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the eligibility requirement from a household income at or below one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level to one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level;
(2) Appropriating $2,750,000 out of the state pharmacy assistance program special fund; and
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005.
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. 802, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 802, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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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____________________________ Alex M. Sonson, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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____________________________ Dennis A. Arakaki, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Ron Menor, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ Dwight Takamine, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Shan S. Tsutsui, Co-Chair |
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