STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1427

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 306

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 306, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to continue discussions on the Medicaid Buy-In proposal by extending the termination date of the Medicaid Buy-In Task Force to June 30, 2014, and requiring the submission of an interim and final report by the Task Force.  

The Department of Human Services, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Community Alliance for Mental Health, and United Self Help testified in support of this measure.   

     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 S.B. No. 306, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair