STAND. COM. REP. NO. 784-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 3136
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 Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 3136 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require medical assistance programs including Medicaid and QUEST to provide chiropractic services.
Two concerned individuals provided testimony in support of the bill. The Department of Human Services (DHS) supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committees find that chiropractic care is an important form of medical care for an individual's health and well being. Your Committees received testimony stating that chiropractic care may actually save money in the long-term because other medical costs would be reduced or eliminated.
Your Committees have amended this bill by:
(1) Adding a provision that this measure will sunset in four years; and
(2) Requiring DHS to report on the impacts of this measure to the Legislature prior to sunset date.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3136, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3136, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing,
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____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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