STAND. COM. REP. NO.  285-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2090

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2090 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that fair compensation is provided to acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities by requiring Medicaid reimbursements to:

(1)  Hospitals for patients occupying acute-care beds who are on a waitlist for long-term care to be at least equal to the rate paid for acute-care services; and

(2)  Long-term care facilities for patients with medically complex conditions to be at least equal to the rate paid for subacute care.

     The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Pacific Health, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Kaiser Permanente Hawaii supported this bill.  The Department of Human Services opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2090 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair