HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
|
Rep. John M. Mizuno, Chair |
|
Rep. Jo Jordan, Vice Chair |
|
Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Jessica Wooley |
|
Rep. Faye P. Hanohano |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane |
|
Rep. Chris Lee |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
|
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
|
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane, Chair |
|
Rep. Dee Morikawa, Vice Chair |
|
Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. John M. Mizuno |
|
Rep. Faye P. Hanohano |
Rep. Jessica Wooley |
|
Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
|
Rep. Chris Lee |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
NOTICE OF HEARING
|
DATE: |
Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
|
TIME: |
10:00am |
|
PLACE: |
Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
|
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the State to pay interest on late payments to an operator of an adult day care facility, community care foster family home, or adult residential care home. Effective July 1, 2012.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. Allows a community care foster family home to remain open for at least another six months upon losing its only medicaid patient, if a physician, licensed in the State, certifies that removal of the remaining private-pay client may result in transfer trauma to the remaining private-pay client.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires medicaid home and community-based waiver programs to allow family members hired and directed by the waiver program individual to provide specific approved in-home care services to the individual.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Implements the long-term care partnership program, allowing individuals to qualify for medicaid coverage for continued long-term care prior to exhausting their assets.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides reimbursements by medicaid and its contracted health plans to hospitals for patients occupying acute-licensed beds who are waitlisted for long-term care and to facilities with long-term care beds for patients with medically-complex conditions who prior to admission to the facility were receiving acute care services in an acute care hospital. Effective July 1, 2012.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to: (1) Provide medicaid presumptive eligibility to patients who have been waitlisted for long-term care; (2) Conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system to address inefficiencies and other problems associated with processing medicaid applications; and (3) Submit findings and recommendations to the legislature regarding costs and other issues related to medicaid presumptive eligibility. Appropriates funds to cover the costs of any reimbursements made to providers or plans for services that are provided during the time waitlisted patients are enrolled but are eventually determined to be ineligible. Effective July 1, 2012, and repealed on June 31, 2017.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires the DHS to implement state-of-the-art technologies in its medicaid and children's health insurance programs to increase the department's ability to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the programs. Report to 2013 legislature.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires training programs and the recertification process for nurse aides to include a multicultural health awareness and education program. Effective July 1, 2013.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO CANCER. Establishes the Hawaii colorectal cancer screening program to assist individuals with the detection and care of colorectal cancer. Appropriates funds for the program.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO CHILD SAFETY. Makes it a class C felony for parents, guardians, and custodians of a child to fail to report the disappearance or death of the child to the Department of Human Services or the police department within hours. Makes it a class C felony for family members to fail to report known child abuse or neglect to the Department of Human Services or police department within hours.
|
HUS/HLT, JUD |
|
|
RELATING TO THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS. Create aging and disability resource centers in each county to streamline access to long-term supports and services for older adults, persons with disabilities, and family caregivers.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
RELATING TO MEDICAID. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to provide medical assistance for dialysis, chemotherapy, and other cancer treatments, inpatient and outpatient physician visits, and drug prescriptions. Effective July 1, 2012.
|
HUS/HLT, FIN |
|
|
|
|
|
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee the comments are directed to;
· The date and time of the hearing;
· Measure number; and
· The number of copies the Committee is requesting.
While every effort will be made to copy, organize, and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed to the incorrect office, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.
Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:
PAPER: Five copies (including an original) to Room 323 in the State Capitol;
FAX: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-6051 (for Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islanders without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web);
EMAIL: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to HUStestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov ; or
WEB: For comments less than 4MB in size, transmit from the Web page at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.
Testimony submitted will be placed on the Legislative Web site after the hearing adjourns. This public posting of testimony on the Web site should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6050 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements. Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.
Selected meetings are broadcast live. Check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the "Capitol TV" Web site at www.capitoltv.org OR call 536-2100.
|
________________________________________ Rep. Ryan I. Yamane Chair |
|
________________________________________ Rep. John M. Mizuno Chair |
|
|
|
|