Bill Text: HI SB1615 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB1615 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB1615-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature acknowledges, however, that under the existing administrative rules of the developmental disabilities division of the department of health, individuals are deemed ineligible for the medicaid intellectual or developmental disability waiver if the individual's impairments are due to any of several specified conditions, including dementia, mental illness, emotional disorders, substance abuse, sensory impairment, learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, spinal cord injuries, or neuromuscular disorders. The legislature believes that the existing administrative rules unfairly deny eligibility to an individual who also has an eligible condition, including cerebral palsy; epilepsy; autism spectrum disorder (ASD); or a neurological condition, central nervous system disorder, or chromosomal disorder that results in impairment in both general intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. The legislature further finds that according to an article published in the National Library of Medicine, emotion regulation difficulties, anxiety, and depression are often co-occurring in individuals with ASD.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require the developmental disabilities division of the department of health to amend its eligibility criteria for the home and community‑based services medicaid waiver to include individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and a comorbid mental illness.
SECTION 2. (a) The developmental disabilities division of the department of health shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to amend its eligibility criteria for the home and community-based services medicaid waiver to include individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and a comorbid mental illness.
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The developmental disabilities division of the department of health
shall submit a report of the status of the department's adoption of rules pursuant
to subsection (a), including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no
later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2024.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 to implement this measure, including funding for the establishment of full-time equivalent ( FTE) positions.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
DOH; Developmental Disabilities Division; Home and Community‑Based Services Medicaid Waiver; Eligibility Criteria; Rulemaking; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health to amend the eligibility criteria for the Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waiver to include individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and a comorbid mental illness. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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