CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.168
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1304
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1304, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose Part I of this bill is to establish a temporary health care task force to develop a plan to implement health care for all Hawaii residents.
The purpose of part II is to authorize non-civil service marriage license agents to collect and retain a $5 surcharge to correct the insufficient compensation currently collected to meet the operating costs of an agent.
Your Committee on Conference has amended Part I of this bill by:
(1) Placing the task force in the insurance division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) for administrative purposes;
(2) Deleting the Director of Health and the Hawaii Uninsured Project as sources of recommendations of prospective appointees for the task force;
(3) Adding the Insurance Commissioner as a source of prospective appointees for the task force;
(4) Requiring that a minimum of seven of the members of the task force be selected by the Governor from a list submitted by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(5) Mandating that the Hawaii Uninsured Project facilitate contracting of expert testimony for the task force;
(6) Appropriating $200,000 to fund the task force in carrying out its duties, including contracting for services and studies as necessary;
(7) Designating DCCA as the expending agency for the funds appropriated; and
(8) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1304, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1304, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ RON MENOR, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ KENNETH HIRAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair |