Bill Text: HI SB2794 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Making An Emergency Appropriation To The Department Of Human Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-05 - The committee on HMS deferred the measure. [SB2794 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2794-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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1. This Act is recommended by the
governor for immediate passage in accordance with section 9 of article
A
critical fiscal emergency exists. A
funding shortfall in the current fiscal year 2017-2018 in health care payments
(HMS 401) is projected because Congress has not reauthorized the Children's
Health Insurance Program (CHIP). While
Hawaii is one of seventeen states to receive redistribution grants from the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services, these temporary reallocated CHIP
funds are running out. The department of
human services estimates that these additional CHIP funds will end toward the
end of February. The department projects
the resulting budget shortfall of $9,300,000 for state fiscal year 2017-2018.
Hawaii's
medicaid program provides insurance coverage for over forty per cent of
Hawaii's children, or 146,000 children, of whom 25,000 are covered by CHIP. The Med-QUEST division of the department of
human services administers the CHIP program as a medicaid expansion program,
and despite federal funding disruptions, will continue to provide children and
families with health insurance coverage.
The
purpose of this Act is to appropriate $9,300,000 in general funds for fiscal
year 2017-2018 for health care payments (HMS 401) to address the funding
shortfall in the medicaid program resulting from the failure of Congress to
reauthorize the CHIP program or to provide sufficient federal matching funds.
The
emergency appropriation will ensure that the department will continue to
provide medical insurance coverage for children and continue to serve its other
medicaid program beneficiaries.
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2. There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $9,300,000 or so much thereof
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 to be used for health care
payments (HMS 401).
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3. The sum appropriated shall be
expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Health Care Payments (HMS 401); Emergency Appropriation
Description:
Makes an emergency appropriation from the general revenues of the State of Hawaii for fiscal year 2017-2018 to address the budget shortfall for health care payments program (HMS 401) in the Department of Human Services. Effective upon approval.
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