STAND. COM. REP. NO. 711-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2796
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2796 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE FUNDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to maintain the levels of programs that are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare by appropriating funds from:
(1) The Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to support various health and human services programs; and
(2) The general revenues to develop a plan to implement the Hawaii Rx Program.
The Judiciary, University of Hawaii, National Association of Social Workers, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Molokai General Hospital, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Human services opposed this measure. The Department of Health offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Removing the amounts of all appropriations to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
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. 2796, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2796, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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