STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 970-20
Honolulu, Hawaii
,
2020
RE: H.B. No. 2249
H.D.
2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2020
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on
Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2249, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID
BENEFITS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to address the lack of access to dental coverage and
oral health care needs in the State by appropriating funds to restore
diagnostic, preventive, and restorative dental benefits to adult Medicaid
enrollees; provided that the Department of Human Services obtains maximum
federal matching funds available for this expenditure.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa;
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Hawaii
Disability Rights Center; American Association of Retired Persons Hawaii;
Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association; Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and
Economic Justice; The Queen's Health Systems; Hawaii Dental Service; Hana
Health; Save Medicaid Hawaii; Hawaii Public Health Institute; Ohana Health
Plan; Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks!; Hawaii Oral Health Coalition;
Kau Rural Health Community Association, Inc.; Patients Without Time; Hui No Ke
Ola Pono; Hoola Lahui Hawaii; AlohaCare; Catholic Charities Hawaii; Hawaii
State Rural Health; and eight individuals.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of
Human Services, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Pono Hawaii
Initiative, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and one individual.
Your Committee has
amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified
amount; and
(2) 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 2249, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading
in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2249, H.D. 2.
Respectfully
submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair
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