STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3048

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2857

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2857, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the child wellness incentive pilot program.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes the child wellness incentive pilot program within the Department of Human Services to pay $50 to a state Medicaid benefit recipient each time the recipient's child completes a well-child examination;

(2) Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules and submit a report to the Legislature; and

(3) Appropriates moneys to the Department of Human Services to establish, implement, and operate the child wellness incentive pilot program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that a child wellness incentive pilot program will help to increase adherence to well-child examination schedules and promote the health of children throughout the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $4,516,000 to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair