HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Chair

Rep. John Mizuno, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Karen Leinani Awana

Rep. Karl Rhoads

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro, Chair

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Karen Leinani Awana

Rep. Josh Green, M.D.

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. John Mizuno

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla

Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

TIME:

9:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 2412

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to match federal funding for the disproportionate share hospital allowance.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 2572

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Ensures that psychiatrists are reimbursed on all medicare codes for the provision of medical services to patients at a rate not less than one hundred per cent of the medicare reimbursement amount that is in effect for the current year and updated for each calendar year.  Establishes a $30 differential for reimbursements to psychiatrists practicing on the neighbor islands.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

HB 2795

RELATING TO MEDICAID.

Establishes a timeline by which the department of health shall reconcile managed care supplemental payments; provides a clear definition of what conditions constitute a “change of scope” for purposes of increasing or decreasing rates paid to a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic; specifies a process through which these providers may file for a new rate due to “change of scope;” and identifies services that are required to be reimbursed under the prospective payment system.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee the comments are directed to;

·     The date and time of the hearing;

·     Measure number;

·     The number of copies the Committee is requesting. 

 

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Submit testimony in one of the following ways:

PAPER:    5 copies (including an original) to Room 436 in the State Capitol; or

EMAIL:    For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to [email protected].

 

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Rep. Maile Shimabukuro

Chair

 

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Rep. Joshua B. Green, M.D.

Chair