STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2081-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 3324

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3324, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Appropriate funds to the Department of Human Services to increase funding for certain Medicaid home- and community-based services, including residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded adult residential care homes; and

(2) Require the Department to obtain matching federal funds and to pursue additional funding sources.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services; Executive Office on Aging; Hawaiʻi State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Disability and Communication Access Board; AARP Hawaiʻi; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; Hawaii Medical Association; Sebastian's ARCH LLC; Adult Foster Homecare Association of Hawaii; AlohaCare; and four individuals.

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. 3324, 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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CHRIS TODD, Chair