Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.R. No. 170 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to support the establishment of the Hawaii Health Care Roundtable (Roundtable) to promote improvements in Hawaii's health care system.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, the Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Hawaii Long Term Care Association testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health (DOH) supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees find that open and continuing discussion on Hawaii's health care system is essential to address the many issues affecting the health of Hawaii's citizens. Some of these issues include health insurance, the uninsured population, and long-term care, among others.

Your Committees have amended this resolution by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 170, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 170, H.D. 1.