THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair
Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016

DATE:

Friday, March 18, 2016

TIME:

10:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB2740 HD1
(HSCR993-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO LIABILITY.
Prohibits health insurance preauthorization requirements that cause undue delay in receipt of medical treatment or services.  Specifies that insurers, but not health care providers, are liable for civil damages caused by undue delays for preauthorization.  (HB2740 HD1)

CPH, JDL

HB1878 HD1
(HSCR798-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO AGING.
Appropriates funds for the Kupuna Care Program, Aging and Disability Resource Center, fall prevention and early detection services for the elderly, the Healthy Aging Partnership Program, an Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator position, and an Alzheimer's disease and related dementia public awareness program.  (HB1878 HD1)

HMS/CPH, WAM
[Measure added on 3/17/2016]

HB1772 HD2
(HSCR738-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH.
Appropriates funds to the department of human services to restore basic adult dental benefits to medicaid and QUEST integration enrollees.  (HB1772 HD2)

HMS/CPH, WAM
[Measure added on 3/17/2016]

HB1943 HD1
(HSCR741-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
Provides an inflationary adjustment to the methodology used to reimburse facilities for the long-term care of medicaid recipients for fiscal year 2016-2017.  Makes an appropriation.  (HB1943 HD1)

HMS/CPH, WAM
[Measure added on 3/17/2016]

HB2343 HD2
(HSCR992-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.
Brings state law into alignment with changes to the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant, P.L. 113-186.  Requires DHS to conduct background checks, including sex offender registry checks, on household members and all employees of child care facilities and providers that are licensed or registered by or receive subsidies from the State, to set health and safety standards, and enforce requirements.  (HB2343 HD2)

HMS/CPH, JDL
[Measure added on 3/17/2016]

HB2540 HD1
(HSCR744-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Establishes within the Department of Human Services a Medicaid Buy-in Program for Workers with Disabilities.  (HB2540 HD1)

HMS/CPH, WAM
[Measure added on 3/17/2016]

HB1599 HD1
(HSCR737-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care, limited to 24 visits per calendar year.  Appropriates moneys.  (HB1599 HD1)

CPH/HMS, WAM
[Measure added on 3/17/2016]

HB2252 HD1
(HSCR703-16)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO DISCHARGE PLANNING.
Requires hospitals to adopt and maintain discharge policies, consistent with recent updates to federal regulations, to ensure that patients continue to receive necessary care after leaving the hospital.  (HB2252 HD1)

CPH/HMS, JDL
[Measure added on 3/17/2016]

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 808-586-6070.