HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1693
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that some operators of in-home care facilities have little cash reserves and rely on the State of Hawaii to pay them on time for goods and services provided.  According to care home operators, the State of Hawaii's delinquency in submitting payments can result in great financial hardship for operators, including the inability to make timely mortgage payments on the care home property.  This puts both the survival of the care home as a business and the quality and stability of patient care at risk.

     The purpose of this Act is to set the rate of interest that the State is required to pay on late payments to an operator of an adult day care facility, community care foster family home, or adult residential care home in order to incentivize timely payments and to compensate care home operators for losses incurred due to late payments.

     SECTION 2.  Section 103-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Any person who renders a proper statement for goods delivered or services performed, pursuant to contract, to any agency of the State or any county, shall be paid no later than thirty calendar days following receipt of the statement or satisfactory delivery of the goods or performance of the services.  In the event circumstances prevent the paying agency from complying with this section, the person shall be entitled to interest from the paying agency on the principal amount remaining unpaid at a rate equal to the prime rate for each calendar quarter plus two per cent[,]; provided that an operator of an adult day care facility, community care foster family home, or adult residential care home shall be entitled to interest from the paying agency on the principal amount remaining unpaid at a rate of          for each calendar quarter commencing on the thirtieth day following receipt of the statement or satisfactory delivery of the goods or performance of the services, whichever is later, and ending on the date of the check.  As used in this subsection, "prime rate" means the prime rate as posted in the Wall Street Journal on the first business day of the month preceding the calendar quarter."

SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Late Payments; Adult Day Care Facility; Community Care Foster Family Home; Adult Residential Care Home

Description:

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, 2050.  (HB1693 HD1)

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