THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair
Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012

DATE:

Friday, March 16, 2012

TIME:

1:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB1724 HD1
(HSCR874-12)

Status and Testimony

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  Effective July 1, 2030, and repealed on June 30, 2017.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)

HMS, WAM

HB2415 HD2
(HSCR930-12)

Status and Testimony

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)

HMS, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6130.