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HI HB1014
Bill
Status
1/24/2019
Primary Sponsor
Scott Saiki
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AI Summary
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Exempts service provider agencies serving exclusively Medicaid home and community-based services waiver participants from licensing requirements under Hawaii Revised Statutes section 321-14.8, provided they are approved by the Department of Human Services Med-QUEST division.
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Maintains existing exemption for service provider agencies under contract with the City and County of Honolulu elderly affairs division.
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Permits agencies serving Medicaid waiver participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities to operate without nursing certifications, reducing costs and administrative burden while maintaining federal CMS oversight and state quality assurance monitoring.
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Removes the sunset provision (June 30, 2019) from Act 21, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, making the licensing exemptions permanent.
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Effective date: January 1, 2059.
Legislative Description
Relating To Medicaid Waiver.
Developmental Disabilities
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
2/15/2019