STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1445-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2484
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2484, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID RECOVERY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the functions of the
Medicaid Fraud Unit (Unit) of the Attorney General's Office by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the Unit enforce fraud cases involving
          Medicaid;

     (2)  Allowing the Unit to review and take action on
          complaints involving facilities set out in Title 42
          United States Code Section 1396 et seq.; and

     (3)  Requiring that funds recovered from Medicaid fraud
          judgments be placed in the Medicaid Investigations
          Recovery Fund.

     The Department of the Attorney General testified in support
of this measure.

     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.
2484, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair