HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Rep. Alex M. Sonson, Chair

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla, Vice Chair

Rep. Dennis A. Arakaki

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Chris Halford

Rep. Heléne H. Hale

Rep. Bud Stonebraker

Rep. Michael Puamamo Kahikina

  

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

Sen. Carol Fukunaga

Sen. Russell S. Kokubun

Sen. Gary L. Hooser

Sen. Gordon Trimble

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

DATE:

Thursday, August 3, 2006

TIME:

1:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D A G E N D A

The purpose of this briefing will be to review Hawaii's Action Plan on the New Citizenship/Alien Status Requirements for Medicare MEDICAID. In the Recently passed Deficit Reduction ACT (DRA) Congress created barriers for eligible people to participate in public health insurance programs beginning July 1, 2006. A task force has been meeting since April to assure all eligible people enrolled in QUEST and Medicaid Fee-for-Service retain their benefits.

Presenters will be Barbara Luksch, Hawaii Covering Kids; Kookie Moon-Ng, DHS Med-Quest PPDO; Alan Takahashi, DHS Med-QUEST Eligibility Branch

 

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE HUS COMMITTEE AT 586-6520 or HMS COMMITTEE AT 586-6130.

SELECTED MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE ON "O`LELO COMMUNITY TELEVISION" (CHANNELS 52, 53, AND 54). CHECK THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE THROUGH THEIR WEB SITE AT WWW.CAPITOLTV.ORG FOR A LISTING.

 

 

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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

Chair

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Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Chair