STAND. COM. REP. NO.1127-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2775
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2775 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 bill is to ensure that the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) can repay the State for moneys advanced and to pay for mandated and rural healthcare services by making an emergency appropriation of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001-2002.
HHSC, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, United Public Workers, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and two members of the Maui County Council testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Reducing the appropriation amount to $1 for the purpose of continued discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.
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. 2775, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2775, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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