CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 113

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 943

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 943, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY SPECIAL FUND,"

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:

(1)  Establish the Civil Monetary Penalty Special Fund (Special Fund) for the deposit of federal civil monetary penalties collected by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) when Medicaid-certified health care facilities or agencies do not meet Medicare certification requirements;

(2)  Require the Department of Health (Department) to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of each regular session regarding the status of the Special Fund; and

(3)  Appropriate funds to the Department for purposes approved by CMS.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by appropriating $30,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and $15,000 for fiscal year 2016-2017 out of the Special Fund for purposes approved by CMS.

     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. 943, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 943, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair
____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair	____________________________ BERTRAND KOBAYASHI, Co-Chair
____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair