STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1794-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2857

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2857, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD WELLNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a five-year Child Wellness Incentive Pilot Program to provide a monetary incentive to each state Medicaid benefit recipient for each completed well-child examination of that recipient's child and to appropriate funds for the first year of the program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter; Hawaii Medical Service Association; and Hawaii Association of Health Plans. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Family Advocacy Team. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services and Department of Budget and Finance.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2857, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair