Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1108, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow county medical examiners or coroners to submit an application for funeral payments under the Department of Human Services' Funeral Payment Program on behalf of an unclaimed corpse after 60 days from the date of the death of the deceased.

The Department of Human Services submitted testimony in support of this bill.

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. 1108, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.