CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 224-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 3105
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
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. 3105, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION,"
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 improve access to psychotropic medication for participants in all Hawaii medicaid medical plans by expanding to QUEST health plans, the prohibition on restrictions placed on psychotropic medications.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by, among other things:
(1) Deleting the pre-authorization exemption for the provision of psychotropic medications to a person in need of emergency psychiatric or psychological service, as this service is covered by a provision which remains in the bill;
(2) Requiring the Department of Human Services to report annually to the Legislature on the effectiveness of this Act;
(4) Applying the sunset date only to QUEST medical plans; and
(5) Extending the sunset date to 2008; and
(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, 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. 3105, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3105, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, 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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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair |