STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1792-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2634

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to twelve months following the end of pregnancy.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women; Disability and Communication Access Board; March of Dimes; Hawaii Family Forum; Hawai‘i Children's Action Network Speaks!; American Heart Association; American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter; Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates - Hawai‘i; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Hawaii Medical Service Association; Hawaii Association of Health Plans; UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Hawaii; Hawaii Women's Coalition; AlohaCare; Hawai‘i Pacific Health; Hawaii Medical Association; Hawai‘i Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Hawai‘i Maternal & Infant Health Collaborative; Hawaii Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians; The Queen's Health Systems; Hawai‘i Public Health Association; Save Medicaid Hawaii; Healthy Mothers Health Babies Coalition of Hawaii; ‘Ahahui o nā Kauka; Obesity Prevention Task Force; Breastfeeding Hawaii; Early Childhood Action Strategy; AF3IRM Hawaii; and eleven individuals.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services, Department of Budget and Finance, and Hawai‘i Primary Care Association.

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 S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair