STAND. COM. REP. NO. 6

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 425

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 425 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this short form bill is to amend the law relating to Medicaid.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting language that:

     (1)  Establishes a wellness pilot program within Medicaid for Medicaid recipients or QUEST members, in order to foster prevention and proactive patient behavior to promote wellness and reduce the incidence of chronic illness; and

     (2)  Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to establish the wellness pilot program within Medicaid.

     Prior to amending this measure, a proposed S.D. 1 was prepared and made available for public review.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 425, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Human Services, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 425, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair