Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1045, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to cover the State's portion of premiums payable to the Public Employees' Health Fund.

Your Committee finds that due to inadvertent budgeting problems, the Administration was forced to use funds originally designated for the Health Fund for other purposes. This bill provides emergency funds to cover the resulting budget shortfall.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1045 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.