STAND. COM. REP. NO.1350

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1109

 

 

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. 1109 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECOVERY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that the State is notified of all claims it has against a third party for medical assistance and burial expenses.

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. 1109 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair