CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.101-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2512

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2512, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES SPECIAL FUND,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Establish the Public Health Nursing Services Special Fund (Fund) to receive and expend Medicaid funds for case management services for medically fragile children; and

(2) Appropriate moneys for the Fund.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $90,720; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2512, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2512, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ DAVID M. MATSUURA, Chair		____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair
____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair		____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Co-Chair
		____________________________ BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair