Report Title:

Micronesians; QUEST and Medicaid Coverage; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds for QUEST and Medicaid coverage for Micronesians residing in Hawaii.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2661

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

making an appropriation for quest and medicaid coverage for micronesians residing in hawaii.

 

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

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds that were removed from the department of human services' budget for fiscal year 2003-04, to provide QUEST and Medicaid coverage for Micronesians residing in Hawaii pursuant to a Compact of Free Association.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $7,300,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004-2005, to provide QUEST and Medicaid coverage (for aged, blind, and disabled recipients) for residents of Hawaii from Micronesian countries who are living in Hawaii pursuant to the terms of a Compact of Free Association between the United States and their home country.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2004.

INTRODUCED BY:

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