STAND. COM. REP. NO.  326-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2114

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2114 entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expand services to Medicaid and QUEST participants by adding chiropractic services as a benefit.

 

     The Department of Human Services (DHS) did not support this bill.  The Hawaii Medical Association opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Medical Service Association provided comments.

 

     Your Committees note DHS's testimony which states that to receive federal reimbursement, DHS would have to submit an amendment to the Hawaii State Medicaid Plan for approval by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

 

     Accordingly, your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Requiring DHS to submit a request to CMS to amend the State Medicaid Plan prior to implementation of the additional benefits for chiropractic services;


 

     (2)  Requiring DHS to submit a request for additional funds, if necessary, needed to add chiropractic services as a benefit to Medicaid and QUEST participants, upon receiving approval by CMS;

 

     (3)  Removing the appropriation; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2114, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2114, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health,

 

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair