THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	720
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 346D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Waiver programs shall be established and administered by the department of human services to provide comprehensive home and community-based services for [the]:

(1) The aged, chronically ill, disabled, developmentally disabled, and individuals with intellectual disabilities[,]; or

(2) Individuals who:

(A) Require home care services more than twice weekly;

(B) Do not have ready access to reliable transportation; and

(C) Live thirty miles or more from the nearest hospital;

who are certified as requiring acute, skilled nursing, intermediate care facility, or intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities level of care."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Health Care; Medicaid; Comprehensive Home and Community-based Services; Eligibility

Description:

Expands access to medicaid home and community-based services to include individuals who require home care services more than twice weekly, do not have ready access to reliable transportation, and live thirty miles or more from the nearest hospital. (SD1)

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