HB 2369 Summary

• Appropriates $1,651,510 to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for fiscal year 2015-2016 to cover Affordable Care Act compliance costs.

• Appropriates $3,790,929 to the Department of Human Services for fiscal year 2015-2016, including staff hiring, to cover Affordable Care Act compliance costs.

• Total emergency appropriation of $5,442,439 exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling by 0.008 percent for fiscal year 2015-2016.

• Reimburses both departments for costs incurred in maintaining the medicaid eligibility application system and transitioning Hawaii Health Connector functions to the State.

• Declared an emergency measure recommended by the governor for immediate passage under Hawaii Constitution Article VII, Section 9.