STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1357

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.R. No. 217

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.R. No. 217 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ENGAGE IN DATA EXCHANGES IN ORDER TO VERIFY THE ELIGIBILITY OF RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAID ASSISTANCE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Human Services to continue to engage in data exchanges in order to verify the eligibility of Medicaid recipients.

     The Hawaii Medical Association testified in support of this resolution. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Human Services provided comments.

     Your committees emphasizes that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Human Services continue to seek more efficient ways in determining the eligibility of Medicaid assistance recipients. 

     Your committees have amended this resolution by:

     (1) Amending the title to "Requesting the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Human Services to Continue to Engage in Data Exchanges in Order to Verify the Eligibility of Recipients of Medicaid Assistance;" and

     (2) Inserting "to continue" in the body of the resolution wherever appropriate to effectuate the amended title.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 217, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 217, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair