STAND. COM. REP. NO. 400-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2074
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2074 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUVENILE DIABETES CURE RESEARCH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Research Special Fund (Special Fund) to assist in the battle to cure juvenile diabetes and allow individual taxpayers who receive a tax refund to designate an amount from their refund to be deposited into the Special Fund for juvenile diabetes cure research.
Numerous concerned individuals supported this bill. The Department of Health (DOH) opposed this measure. The Department of Taxation commented on this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Increasing Special Fund sources to include funds:
(A) Received as premiums, or as fees charged by DOH or otherwise received by DOH; and
(B) Any other moneys contributed or transferred to the Special Fund;
(2) Making an appropriation of $1 to the Special Fund to encourage further discussion;
(3) Appropriating $1 from the Special Fund to be expended by DOH to encourage further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2074, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2074, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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