Bill Text: HI SB126 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Joint Legislative Task Force; Medicaid Buy-in Program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-22 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2). [SB126 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB126-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that working-age adults with disabilities need adequate health insurance, but their options for insurance coverage are limited, even with the federal Affordable Care Act. Many who have part-time jobs may not be covered through their employer prepaid health care insurance or employer-sponsored health insurance, forcing them to turn to government-sponsored programs, such as medicaid. However, those who earn more than the allowable amount will be ineligible for medicaid coverage, especially those who receive unearned income and have not paid into private or public disability insurance programs, such as social security disability insurance. In addressing this health care need, S.B. No. 126, S.D. 2, Regular Session of 2011, established within the department of human services a medicaid buy-in program for working people with disabilities designed to furnish health care services to qualified persons who are employed and have disabilities.
The legislature while fully appreciating the need for a medicaid buy-in program for working people with disabilities, also recognizes that there are other worthy competing interests for limited state resources. Before statutorily establishing the program and committing the necessary funding and staffing, the expenditure and commitment of limited state resources dictate that the matter should be thoroughly studied, assessed, and accordingly revised to ensure the success of the program.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate to establish a joint legislative task force to thoroughly study, assess, and accordingly revise the medicaid buy-in program for working people with disabilities as set forth in S.B. No. 126, S.D. 2, Regular Session of 2011, to ensure the success of the program.
SECTION 2. (a) The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate may establish a joint legislative task force to thoroughly study, assess, and accordingly revise the medicaid buy-in program for working persons with disabilities as set forth in S.B. No. 126, S.D. 2, Regular Session of 2011.
(b) The chairpersons of the committees with jurisdiction over human services of the respective houses of the legislature shall co-chair the joint legislative task force. The joint legislative task force shall also consist of:
(1) The director of human services or the director's designee;
(2) The director of health or the director's designee;
(3) Representatives from each health care plan contracted with the State under the medicaid program;
(4) Representatives from the provider community, including the Hawaii Medical Association; and
(5) Representatives from the hospital community, including the Healthcare Association of Hawaii.
(c) The joint legislative task force shall:
(1) Thoroughly study, assess, and accordingly revise the medicaid buy-in program for working people with disabilities as set forth in S.B. No. 126, S.D. 2, Regular Session of 2011, to ensure that the program is fiscally sustainable and provides health care services to qualified persons who are employed and have disabilities prior to statutorily establishing the program; and
(2) Submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2012.
(d) Members of the task force shall serve without compensation and shall receive no reimbursement for expenses.
(e) The task force shall cease to exist on June 30, 2012.
SECTION 3. The legislative reference bureau shall assist the joint legislative task force in preparing its report and any proposed legislation; provided that the chairpersons of the task force submit a draft of the report and proposed legislation to the legislative reference bureau for drafting no later than November 1, 2011, for the report to the 2012 regular session of the legislature.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2075.
Report Title:
Joint Legislative Task Force; Medicaid Buy-in Program
Description:
Authorizes the establishment of a joint legislative task force on the medicaid buy-in program for working persons with disabilities. Effective July 1, 2075. (SB126 HD1)
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