STAND. COM. REP. NO.  921

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1065

      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 Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1065 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure timely payments to contracted health plans and a continuum of medically-necessary services to Medicaid Program recipients by making an emergency appropriation for fiscal year 2010-2011 for the health care payments program (HMS 401) in the Department of Human Services (DHS).

     Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in Governor's Message No. 101 to the Legislature, requested immediate consideration and passage of this bill by the Legislature, citing the need to address the budget shortfall for the health care payments program for fiscal year 2010-2011.

     DHS, Hawaii Medical Service Association, AlohaCare, and ‘Ohana Health Plan testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1065, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1065, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair