HB 1668 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO MEDICAID.

Summary

Requires the Department of Human Services to allow a full earned income disregard for individuals with disabilities who are between the ages of sixteen and sixty-four years when determining eligibility for Medicaid. Takes effect upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Mar 20, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1668 → HB1668_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was updated to include House District 1 amendments, most notably changing the effective date of the earned income disregard program from 'upon CMS approval' to a fixed date of July 1, 3000, while retaining the CMS approval as a condition. The document also includes metadata headers and formatting artifacts from the legislative drafting software.

Scope change

The scope of applicability remains unchanged; the bill still applies to individuals with disabilities aged 16-64 seeking Medicaid benefits.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' to 'July 1, 3000', with the CMS approval still listed as a proviso.

TECHNICAL

Added metadata headers, file paths, and software version information typical of digital legislative drafts.

Removed original page headers, footers, and the specific bill number 'HB1668' from the top of the text.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 36).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 309-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

22 primary · 1 co-sponsor