relating to A department of health and human services.

Merges DOH and DHS on January 1, 2003. Directs the governor to establish a management team to work out the details and to report to the 2002 regular session. (Matsuura)

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Seeks emergency appropriation to allow the Department to comply with the court order in Felix v. Cayetano, which requires the Department to hire additional personnel and expand services for the child welfare services population. (Bunda, BR)

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPR0PRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Provides an emergency appropriation to allow the Department to meet its state and federal mandates to provide foster board and board-related costs, permanency assistance, and difficutly-of-care payments for foster and adoptive parents, permanent custodians, and guardians of children with special needs.(Bunda, BR)

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.

Authorizes an emergency appropriation of general and special funds to the DOH for services provided by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division. (Bunda)

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.

Authorizes an emergency appropriation to the DOH for community-based services for discharged patients of the Hawaii State Hospital. (Bunda, BR)

relating to dental licensing.

Provides for special licensing, without taking the Hawaii examination, for dentists employed by or volunteering for safety net dental providers, provided such dentists have passed the national dental examination and are actively licensed to practice in another state. (Matsuura)

relating to dentists.

Gives tax credit for dentists serving 25 plus Medicaid patients for up to 10% of total costs. Increases reimbursement up to 75% of usual, customary, and reasonable fees for Medicaid patients and appropriates $      to DHS. Requires DHS to standardize forms and report to governor and legislature by 9/1/2001. (Chun-Oakland)

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires insurers to pay nonparticipating dentists directly, if the insured assigns those rights. (Matsuura)

relating to dentists.

Increases reimbursement to dentists to up to 75% of usual, customary, and reasonable fees for Medicaid patients, and appropriates $ to DHS. Requires DHS to standardize forms and report to governor and legislature by 9/1/2001. (Matsuura)

RELATING TO CHILD CARE TAX CREDIT.

Provides a child care tax credit to employers that provide child care service reimbursements to employees or provide a child care facility at no charge to employees. (Chun-Oakland, Buen)

relating to the practice of pharmacy.

Broadens the scope of activities that constitute the practice of pharmacy. (Chun-Oakland)

RELATING TO THE QUEST PROGRAM.

Caps the QUEST reimbursement rate for prescription drugs at the level of the generic drug, where available. (Matsunaga)

RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

Exempts nonprofit organizations from the GET. (Slom)

RELATING TO social service FACILITIES.

Requires a public hearing whenever a private operator seeks to establish a social service facility in a residential neighborhood. (Tam)

relating to taxation.

Exempts assisted living facilities in the state of Hawaii from G.E. tax and state income tax for five years. (Kawamoto)

relating to ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE CENTERS.

Allows the governor to contract with the research corporation of the University of Hawaii to develop an adult day health care program and a research center and to study their effectiveness in lowering Medicaid costs for the frail and elderly. (Kawamoto, Matuura)

relating to hawaii commission for national and community service.

Creates the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service (HCNCS). Appropriates funds for the HCNCS to be used as administrative match to secure federal funds. (Matsuura)

relating to social work.

Broadens the definition of "practice of social work" to include clinical diagnosis and psychotherapy performed by licensed social workers certified in clinical social work by the National Association of Social Workers or the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work. (Menor, BR)

RELATING TO CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS.

Requires licensing of independent clinical social workers; protects practice of independent clinical social work; protects title of licensed clinical social workers and clinical social workers; creates board; establishes license application requirements; requires continuing education before renewal of license; exempts employed clinical social worker employed by federal, state, or county government. (Menor, BR)

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Senator David Matsuura