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HI HB2394
Bill
Status
1/26/2022
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Yamane
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AI Summary
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Appropriates state general revenue funds to provide one-time enhanced payments of fifteen percent to Medicare-licensed facilities providing skilled nursing or intermediate care to Medicaid patients in Hawaii.
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Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain the maximum amount of available federal matching funds for this expenditure.
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Addresses pandemic-related financial losses for nursing facilities, including approximately $50,000,000 in combined losses during 2020 alone from reduced occupancy revenues and increased COVID-19 testing, personal protective equipment, and temporary staffing costs.
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Recognizes that federal Provider Relief Fund payments of approximately $20,600,000 covered only about thirty percent of total pandemic-related losses experienced by Hawaii's nursing facilities.
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Takes effect July 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Relating To Medicaid Patient Care.
Appropriation ($)
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
2/17/2022