STAND. COM. REP. NO.  836-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2062

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2062, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote independence and choice for individuals eligible for Medicaid by allowing Medicaid funds to be transferred from a nursing facility or long-term care-based facility to home- or community-based long-term care, support, or services.

     The Hawaii Disability Rights Center and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2062, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair