HI SB1137 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
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
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2011-12-01 | Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. | |
2011-01-26 | (S) Referred to HTH/EDT/HMS, WAM. | |
2011-01-26 | (S) Passed First Reading. | |
2011-01-26 | (S) Introduced. |
Same As/Similar To
HB906 (Same As) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session.
Hawaii State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1137 |
Text | http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/SB1137_.HTM |