STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1698-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.C.R. No. 94

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 94, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF INCREASING THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENT RATE FOR HAWAII'S COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES AND EXPANDED ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES FOR MEDICAID CLIENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Human Services to study the feasibility of increasing the Medicaid reimbursement payment rate for Hawaii’s Community Care Foster Family Homes and Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes for Medicaid clients.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

1) Clarifying that the Department of Human Services has previously conducted a feasibility study pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 4, S.D. 1, adopted during the Regular Session of 2022; and

2) Requesting that the Department of Human Services conduct a feasibility study similar to the study it conducted pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 4, S.D. 1 (2022), relating to increasing the Medicaid reimbursement payment rate for Hawaii's Home and Community-Based Service care providers and services, in 2032 and every ten years thereafter.

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. 94, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 94, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair