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. 2103 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Hawaii Health Authority to work toward developing a single-payer, universal healthcare program that will provide healthcare for all Hawaii citizens.

The Kokua Council, Physicians for a National Health Program, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. ILWU Local 142 and a concerned individual supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Kaiser Permanente, and Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed this bill. The Department of Human Services submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 2103, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2103, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.