STAND. COM. REP. NO. 727-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2814
H.D. 2
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. 2814, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KALAUPAPA SETTLEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to effectively care for the residents of Kalaupapa Settlement by requiring the Department of Health (DOH) to:
(1) Submit annual reports to the Legislature that detail DOH's efforts to improve the financial and management operations of Kalaupapa; and
(2) Track separately, whenever possible, patient and nonpatient costs.
The State Auditor, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and numerous residents of Kalaupapa testified in support of this bill. DOH supported the intent of the measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 2814, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2814, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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