STAND. COM. REP. NO. 61

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 627
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to
which was referred H.B. No. 627 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand health care to
uninsured children by appropriating funds from the Tobacco
Settlement Special Fund for the Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP).

     The Hawaii State Primary Care Association and the American
Academy of Pediatrics submitted testimony in support of this
measure.  The Departments of Human Services and Health submitted
testimony in support of the intent of this measure.

     Your Committees recognize that state participation in CHIP
is an important opportunity for Hawaii to capture federal
matching funds to provide health coverage for uninsured children
from low-income families.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 627 and recommend that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer
Protection and Commerce.


 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Human Services
                                   and Housing and Health,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ALEXANDER SANTIAGO, Chair          DENNIS ARAKAKI, Chair