CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 87-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    H.B. No. 2761

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2761, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WOMEN'S HEALTH,"

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 the health and welfare of women between pregnancies by requiring the provision of not less than six months of post-partum and interconception care for female participants of child-bearing age under the QUEST program.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the provisions mandating post-partum and interconception care under the QUEST program and its associated appropriation;

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Human Services to apply to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend the state medicaid plan to extend post-partum and interconception care from eight weeks to a minimum of six months for women under the QUEST program;

     (3)  Changing the effective date of the entire bill to upon approval; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 2761, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2761, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Co-Chair
	____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair