CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 121
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 1525
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
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. 1525, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"
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 require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to award all future Medicaid health insurance procurement contracts solely to those nonprofit and for-profit entities that comply with specified annual reporting requirements.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Specifying that the annual reporting requirements apply only to contracts administered in the state;
(2) Requiring DHS to include the annual reporting requirements in all Medicaid healthcare insurance plan contracts rather than requiring DHS to solicit proposals for the procurement of Medicaid healthcare insurance contracts from those entities that already comply with the specified reporting requirements;
(3) Amending language to clarify the annual reporting requirements;
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2009; and
(5) 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. 1525, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1525, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, 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 |
|
____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Co-Chair |
|
____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair |
|
____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair |
|
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
|
____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair |
|
|
|
____________________________ TOM BROWER, Co-Chair |