STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1546-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.C.R. No. 73

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 73 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO RECOMMEND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING REFORMS FOR HAWAII'S MEDICAID AND QUEST PROGRAMS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request Hawaii's Congressional Delegation to work with the appropriate federal agencies to examine and reconsider how the federal government spends its health care dollars.

     The Department of Human Services supported this concurrent resolution.  Faith Action for Community Equity provided comments.

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the federal medical assistance percentage should be increased;

     (2)  Correcting the current multiplier used to calculate the federal medical assistance percentage from 0.45 to 0.5650; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 73, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 73, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health,

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Acting Chair