STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1489

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 104

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 104, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request an audit of the Department of Human Services, including its Med-QUEST division and KOLEA, the eligibility determination system of the division.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Clarifying that the KOLEA system was developed to determine Medicaid eligibility and not to determine eligibility for advance premium tax credits;

(2)  Clarifying that the KOLEA system is intended to advance Hawaii's Medicaid system by offering applicants the option to submit applications online as well as submitting paper applications;

(3) Requests the Auditor to have an audit conducted, rather than specifying that the audit be conducted by the Office of the Governor; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 104, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 104, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair