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. 668 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to access federal funding available for activities related to delinking welfare and medical assistance.

The Hawaii Primary Care Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services 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. 668 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.