STAND. COM. REP. NO.  777

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 92

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 92, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve access to long-term care for Medicaid recipients by providing for an annual inflation adjustment to the methodology used to reimburse long-term care facilities for care provided to Medicaid recipients and appropriating funds for this purpose.

 

     The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) Corporate Board of Directors; HHSC Oahu Region; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; The Queen's Health Systems; Hawaii Pacific Health; Legacy of Life Hawaii; Hale Makua Long-Term Care-Kahului; Ohana Pacific Management Company, Inc.; The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association; and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services commented on this measure.  

 

     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 H.B. No. 92, 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