Report Title:

Health; Women; Perinatal Care

Description:

Appropriates funds to continue operations and services for the perinatal clinic within the John A. Burns School of Medicine University Clinical Educational and Research Associates Program at the University of Hawaii Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health.  (HB2881 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2881
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Act 248, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 2.  [(a)]  There is established within the John A. Burns school of medicine university clinical educational and research associates program at the University of Hawaii department of obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health, a pilot perinatal clinic, which in collaboration with the departments of pediatrics and psychiatry, shall provide:

     (1)  Prenatal[, delivery,] and postpartum care for women with a history of substance abuse on the island of Oahu;

     (2)  Substance abuse counseling;

     (3)  Pediatric care with appropriate developmental interventions;

     (4)  Psychiatric care for patients with dual diagnoses; and

     (5)  Case management, including social services and coordination with child welfare services to ensure that the home environment is safe and to prevent the abandonment of children, and keep families intact whenever possible, as long as the safety of the children can be assured.

     In addition to state funding of the [pilot] perinatal clinic, funding for perinatal and pediatric services of the clinic shall be pursued through the state medicaid program.

     [(b)  The pilot perinatal clinic shall cease operations on June 30, 2009.]"

     SECTION 2.  Act 248, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, as amended by Act 147, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of [$200,000] $100,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year [2007-2008,] 2008-2009 to [establish] continue operations and services as needed, including case management services, for a [pilot] perinatal clinic [and provide case management services].

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2008.