STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1817

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 157
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
157, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE
     PREVENTIVE DENTAL SERVICES TO ADULTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to restore dental benefits for
adults covered by the Medicaid and Med-QUEST programs on a fee-
for-service basis through the Department of Human Services (DHS),
the Department of Health (DOH), and the Community Health Centers.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the State Planning Council
on Developmental Disabilities, the Waianae Coast Comprehensive
Health Center, the Hawaii Area Program Office of the American
Friends Service Committee, the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, the
League of Women Voters, the Honolulu Monthly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends, the Hawaii State Primary Care
Association, the Arc in Hawaii, Health Care for the Homeless
Project, and members of the public testified in support of this
bill.  DHS and DOH submitted comments on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the
appropriation amounts to $1 for discussion purposes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
157, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 157,
S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair