Bill Text: HI HB2085 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: QUEST Contracting

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-30 - (H) Act 71, on 4/29/2010, veto override. [HB2085 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2085-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2985

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2085

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2085, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Help ensure continuity of care for Hawaii's neediest population; and

 

     (2)  Make certain that Medicaid contracts reflect expectations outlined in national health care reform by establishing restrictions on the issuance of requests for proposals for QUEST contracts.

 

     Written comments in support of the measure were submitted by two private organizations.  Written comments in opposition to the measure were submitted by one state agency and one private organization.  Written comments presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the recent passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. No. 111-148, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, H.R. 4872, (collectively, the Acts) generated major changes to the health care system nationwide.  These Acts will have an impact on Hawaii's Medicaid programs in ways that are yet to be fully defined and understood.  Additionally, the State's budget difficulties may make it challenging for the Department of Human Services to oversee a Request for Proposals for QUEST contracts at this time.  As stated in the written comments submitted to your Committee, current QUEST contracts have been extended to mid-2011.  Accordingly, given these circumstances, a Request for Proposals for QUEST contracts in 2010 may be premature.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making the measure effective upon approval; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes to reflect the passage of the Acts.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2085, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2085, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair