STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2075

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2872
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2872 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency
appropriation for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC).

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the HHSC, HGEA, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, and a
private individual. 

     Your Committee finds that this emergency appropriation
request is necessary to ensure that the HHSC can repay the State
for moneys advanced to pay retroactive and current fiscal year
collective bargaining increase payments to state employees
working for the HHSC.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2872 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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