Bill Text: HI SB964 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public Health; QUEST; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB964 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB964-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 346-53.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Notwithstanding any law or waiver to
the contrary[,] and regardless of funding source, federally
qualified health centers and rural health clinics, as defined in section
1905(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), shall be
reimbursed for services covered by all MedQuest programs in accordance
with section 1902(bb) of the Social Security Act, as that section was
originally added in 2000 by section 702(b) of Public Law 106-554 and as amended
in 2001 by section 2(b)(1) of Public Law 107-121, and services of federally
qualified health centers and rural health clinics shall remain mandatory
services as provided in sections 1902(a)(10)(A) and 1905(a)(2)(B) and (C) of
the Social Security Act."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011-2012 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for direct medical care to the uninsured.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.
Report Title:
Public Health; QUEST; Appropriation
Description:
Requires reimbursement to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics for services covered by all MedQuest programs. Appropriates funds for direct medical care to the uninsured. (SD1)
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