THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	149
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

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 there are up to three hundred eight QUEST expanded access beneficiaries on Oahu who are unable to receive nonmedical transportation and case management services through their medicaid plans.  These two services were found to be paid through kupuna care or federal Older Americans Act Title III funds targeted to near-medicaid individuals to prevent and delay the need for institutional care and their spend down to medicaid.  Medicaid beneficiaries currently receiving these services continue to need these services. 

     Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to enable aging and disabled individuals on medicaid in the City and County of Honolulu to continue to receive appropriate long-term care and services.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for necessary long-term care services for aging and disabled individuals on medicaid in the City and County of Honolulu; provided that the sum appropriated shall be in addition to the base budget of the department of human services.

     The sum shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act; provided that:

(1)  The department of human services shall transfer the appropriated sum to the city and county of Honolulu's elderly affairs division to effectuate the purposes of this Act; and

(2)  The funds shall not be co-mingled with kupuna care funds.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2080.

Report Title:

Human Services; Medicaid; Long-term Care Services; Kupuna Care Program; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds to enable aging and disabled individuals on Medicaid in the City and County of Honolulu to continue to receive appropriate long-term care services.  Effective July 1, 2080.  (SB149 SD2)

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