STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1648

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 467

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services & Homelessness and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 467, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO RESTORE ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS TO MEDICAID ENROLLEES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to restore preventative and restorative adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees; provided that the Department of Human Services obtains the maximum federal matching funds available for the appropriation.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, Lanai Community Health Center, The Queen's Health Systems, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Self-Advocacy Advisory Council, Hawai‘i State Rural Health Association, Oral Health For All Hawaii, Hawaii Children's Action Network, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute, Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association, AlohaCare, Ho‘ōla Lāhui Hawai‘i, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, ‘Ohana Health Plan, Hawaii Dental Association, and many individuals supported this measure. The Department of Human Services and Hawai‘i Primary Care Association provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the purpose of the appropriation to require the Department of Human Services to conduct a fiscal analysis or study on the restoration of preventative and restorative adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees; and

(2) Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Homelessness and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 467, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 467, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services & Homelessness and Health,

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

______________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair