STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3109

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3236

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3236, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID PATIENT CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide a one-time enhanced payment of fifteen percent to each nursing facility, community care foster family home, and expanded adult residential care home caring for Medicaid patients.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from The Villas, Garden Isle Rehab and Nursing, Legacy Hilo Rehabilitation and Nursing, Hale Makua Health Services - Wailuku, Ohana Pacific Health, Pu‘uwai ‘O Makaha, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Palolo Chinese Home, Ohana Pacific Management Company, Adult Foster Care, Hawaii Pacific Health, Adult Foster Homecare Association of Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente, Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre, Queen's Health Systems, United Caregivers of Hawaii, and six individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Human Services, and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Your Committee finds that the additional moneys provided by this measure will help mitigate the substantial financial impact that the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has had on the State's nursing facilities, community care foster family homes, and expanded adult residential care homes.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3236, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3236, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair