Bill Text: HI HB2144 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2144 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Related To Medicaid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-05 - Act 078, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1179). [HB2144 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2144-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2144
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATED TO MEDICAID.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 353H-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) The department, in collaboration with appropriate federal, state, and county agencies, shall inform inmates of the availability of departmental assistance to obtain the inmate's birth certificate, social security card, and any other relevant identification documents necessary for the inmate to transition into the workforce, access social services, secure or verify applicable medicaid eligibility, and secure housing, and upon request shall assist the inmates who have one year or less prior to the inmate's parole or release date."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018.

Report Title:

Medicaid; Inmate; Public Institution; Prisons; Jails; Correctional Facilities

Description:

Requires the Department of Public Safety to inform inmates of the availability of assistance to secure or verify applicable medicaid eligibility prior to an inmate's release. (HB2144 CD1)

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