STAND. COM. REP. NO. 806-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 3134
S.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 3134, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Require the Department of Human Services to establish cost reports for payments to long-term care providers for dialysis patients; and
(2) Appropriate funds for reimbursements for skilled nursing services for dialysis patients.
St. Francis Medical Center and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3134, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair |
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