STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2094

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 397

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 397, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL MEDICAID SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to increase Medicaid reimbursements to eligible health care professionals by up to one hundred percent of the current Medicare fee schedule rates.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System; AARP Hawai‘i; Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; Kauai Community Health Alliance; Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i; Maui Orthopedic Institute; Hawaii Medical Association; Hilo Urgent Care Clinic; Keaau Urgent Care Clinic; Hawai‘i Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Hawaii Association of Health Plans; The Queen's Health System; AlohaCare; Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; The Kupuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; East Hawaii Independent Physicians Association, dba Big Island Docs; Hawaii Medical Service Association; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services and Hawai‘i Association of Professional Nurses.

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. 397, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair