STAND. COM. REP. 2574
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 3136
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 3136 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require chiropractic services to be covered under medicaid and QUEST.
Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Human Services, Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, and eight individuals.
Your Committee finds that chiropractic services are an accepted part of the health care delivery system across the United States. In Hawaii, chiropractic legislation was enacted in 1925. Chiropractic services are currently covered federally in medicare as well as for all veterans. Inclusion of chiropractic services in QUEST and medicaid will serve to bring Hawaii in line with the majority of other states.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3136 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,
____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair |
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