STAND. COM. REP. 680
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 1272
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1272, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to conduct a two-year pilot project to maximize federal Medicare allocations and cost avoidance and to be funded on a contingency basis.
The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this bill. DHS submitted testimony in opposition to 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 H.B. No. 1272, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |