REPORT Title:

Critical Access Hospitals

Description:

Makes permanent the exemption of critical access hospitals from Medicaid reimbursement equity; Extends the sunset date of the critical access hospital payment methodology using Medicare reasonable cost principles to June 30, 2006. (SB2608 HD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2608

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to critical access hospitals.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Act 226, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, is amended by amending section 9 to read as follows:

"SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000, and except for sections 3 and 5 shall be repealed on [June 30, 2004;] June 30, 2006; provided that sections 346-1[,] and 346-59, [346D-1, and 346D-1.5,] Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which they read on June 30, 2000."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2004.