Bill Commons

HI HB 1706

died on adjournment

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Expands the services eligible for Medicaid Prospective Payment System reimbursement to include certain services furnished by a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic and provided by mental health professionals under the clinical supervision of a licensed mental health professional. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules for this purpose and seek federal approvals as necessary. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-18 — Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 370-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • ILAGANprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • KUSCHprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • QUINLANprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-18

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-18

    Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 370-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  3. 2026-02-05

    The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-02-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. 2026-01-26

    Referred to HSH, CPC, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  7. 2026-01-20

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-05 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Marten: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Garcia: yes

Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1706&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=HI&identifier=HB 1706. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.