HB1867 HD1

Report Title:

Appropriation; Uninsured Health Care; Community Health Centers

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for 2:1 federal match to expand eligibility for the children's health insurance program to 300% of poverty level. Appropriates funds for a 9:1 federal match to continue lost TANF health benefits under QUEST. Appropriates funds to community health centers. (HB1867 HD1)

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1867
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

making an appropriation for health care for the uninsured.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have inflicted damaging effects on Hawaii's economy and an unprecedented number of residents have been affected. A great number are finding it very difficult to make ends meet because of the sudden loss of their jobs and consequently face the prospect of not having health insurance to cover their families' health needs.

The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to make health coverage available to those suffering from the consequences of the recent tragic events in terms of a lack of health care coverage.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003 on a matching basis of two federal dollars to one state dollar for the State's children's health insurance program to expand eligibility to three hundred per cent of the poverty level guideline for Hawaii.

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003 on a matching basis of nine federal dollars to one state dollar for the delinking of medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families so that the health benefits that a recipient loses under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program due to the expiration of the cumulative five-year lifetime cap on receipt of benefits can be continued under eligibility for the State's QUEST program.

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003 for community health centers in the State to provide health care services to the uninsured.

SECTION 5. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2002.