STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1219-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2654
S.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 2654, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to enhance the health care of Hawaii's residents by appropriating funds:
(1) To ensure that low-income, uninsured immigrants have access to primary and preventive health care services; and
(2) For a study to determine the feasibility of establishing Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly-based programs in rural communities within the State.
The Hawaii Primary Care Association, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and Na Loio – Immigrant Rights and Public Interest Legal Center testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting all appropriation amounts 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 S.B. No. 2654, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2654, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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