THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES |
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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair |
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Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair |
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH |
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Senator David Y. Ige, Chair |
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Senator Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
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TIME: |
1:45pm |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO THE PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Specifies that proposals for purchases of health and human services must be submitted by duly licensed providers and for the exact amount to be expended by the State. (HB1642 HD1)
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HTH/HMS, JGO |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates $___ for each year of the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium to increase the payments for physician services to medicaid-eligible persons, including fee-for-service and QUEST provider services up to ____ per cent of the current medicare rate. Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to report to the Legislature prior to the 2010 Regular Session with (1) the amount of baseline medicaid and additional funds needed for fiscal year 2010-2011, and (2) the amount of funding required to continue increased payments for physician services to medicaid-eligible persons. Requires DHS to seek an appropriation in an amount equal to at least the amount appropriated in 2009-2010 for additional payments for physician services. (HB1284 HD1)
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HMS/HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Directs funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, or other federal stimulus acts for health care programs. (HB1371 HD1)
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HTH/HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to provide health care for uninsured Hawaii residents through nonprofit community-based health care providers. (HB1373 HD1)
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HTH/HMS, WAM |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES: If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at HMSTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.
· By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
· In person: 1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 226, State Capitol.
· By fax: Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.
Public Folder. A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6130.
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________________________________________ Senator David Y. Ige Chair |
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________________________________________ Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland Chair |
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