THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair |
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Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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TIME: |
3:00 pm |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
The Committee previously held public hearings on Senate bill(s) that are substantially similar to the following House bill(s). Please focus your testimony on the differences, if any, between the House and Senate measure(s) listed.
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to provide medicaid presumptive eligibility to patients who have been waitlisted for long-term care, and to conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system. Appropriates funds to cover medicaid reimbursements made to providers or plans for waitlisted patients enrolled but found to be ineligible. Effective July 1, 2030, and repealed on June 30, 2017. (HB1724 HD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires certain Medicaid recipients to pay a copayment for prescription drugs covered under the recipients' Medicaid benefits in accordance with a program developed by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department of Human Services to seek the approval of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prior to the establishment and implementation of the program. (HB2415 HD2)
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HMS, WAM |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland Chair |