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Hawaii 2026

SB 2089

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
DHS, Medicaid, Mental Health Professionals, Mental Health Services, Prospective Payment System, Reimbursement, Rules
Introduced / first action
2026-01-14 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

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. Specifies that implementation is contingent upon and only to the extent approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 5:05PM in conference room 329.

  2. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 1:45PM in conference room 329.

  3. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 1:45PM in conference room 329.

  4. Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; McKelvey.

  5. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 723).

    receipt

  6. Re-referred to HSH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 30

    referral-committee

  7. House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Matayoshi, Keohokapu-Lee Loy Co-Chairs; Olds, Alcos.

  8. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  9. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 620).

    introduction, receipt

  10. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  11. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  12. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  13. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2119-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  14. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.

  15. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 04-09-26 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  17. The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  18. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:05PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  19. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1402-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  20. 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 Representative(s) Matsumoto, Perruso excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  23. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  24. Referred to HSH, CPC, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  25. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  26. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 165) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction, receipt

  27. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2904) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  28. One Day Notice 03-10-26.

  29. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-04-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  31. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2196) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  32. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  33. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  35. Referred to HHS, WAM.

    referral-committee

  36. Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  37. Pending Introduction.

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