CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 81

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 325
                                  H.D. 2
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 325, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1) Require that the directors of managed care plans hold an
         unlimited license to practice medicine in the State;

     (2) Define "medical director" as the person who makes the
         final decision of medical necessity or appropriateness;
         and

     (3) Ban the sale of, possession, and use of laser pointing
         devices by certain classes of persons.


 
 
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     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1) Removing the provisions dealing with laser pointing
         devices, including the effective date; and

     (2) Amending section 321-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS),
         concerning registration requirements for a license to
         practice an occupation specified in section 321-
         13(a)(1), HRS, to require a biennial registration,
         rather than an annual registration.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 325, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 325, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair       ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Co-
                                   Chair
                                   
                                   
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BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair              RON MENOR, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SAM SLOM, Member                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   ______________________________
                                   NESTOR GARCIA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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                                   BERTHA F.K. LEONG, Member