STAND. COM. REP. NO.229

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 453

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 453 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to comply with federal requirements to maximize federal matching funds to ensure that eligible families affected by the delinking of federal finance assistance and Medicaid programs are provided continued medical coverage.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC), Hawaii Primary Care Association, and Kokua Council. Testimony in support of the intent of the measure was supported by the Department of Human Services (DHS).

Your Committee finds that DHS is working with the Federal Health Care Financing Administration to implement Section 1931 of the Social Security Act, which delinked the federal finance assistance program and Medicaid. The State will benefit from enhanced federal funding from the delinking.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 453 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair