CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 26-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1943

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1943, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve access to health care for Medicaid recipients by:

 

     (1)  Providing an inflationary adjustment to the long-term care reimbursement methodology used to reimburse facilities for Medicaid recipients for fiscal year 2016-2017; and

 

     (2)  Appropriating funds for the inflationary adjustment.

 


 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation of $1,553,559 to provide an inflationary adjustment to long-term care facilities' provider specific prospective payment rates; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2016.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1943, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1943, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair

 

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BERTRAND KOBAYASHI, Co-Chair

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GIL RIVIERE, Co-Chair