Hawaii Senate Bill 1137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-26 - (S) Referred to HTH/EDT/HMS, WAM.
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes a tax credit for physicians who provide on-call services to emergency departments; creates the Hawaii health corps program; establishes health care-associated infection reporting requirements; expands definition of "quality assurance committee" to include interdisciplinary quality assurance committees; allows representatives of health care provider organizations to serve on the prepaid health advisory council; Requires rates for medicaid reimbursements to hospitals to be equal to rates for similarly related services; creates a tax credit for certain employers; creates presumptive medicaid eligibility for waitlisted patients; requires notification of intended changes to state medicaid programs; defines "home health agency"; appropriates funds.

Emergency Room Physicians; Health; Health care; Tax Credit; Medicaid; Home Health Agencies; Licensing; Quality Assurance Committee; Prepaid Health Advisory Council; Social Audit; QUEST Expanded Access; Hawaii Health Corp; Notification to Legislature; DOH; Appropriation

Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]

Sen. William Espero [D]

Sen. Josh Green [D]

Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-26		(S) Referred to HTH/EDT/HMS, WAM.
2011-01-26		(S) Passed First Reading.
2011-01-26		(S) Introduced.

HB906 (Same As) 2011-01-26 - (H) Referred to HLT/HUS, FIN, referral sheet 2

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1137
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB1137_.HTM