CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 206-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2153
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
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. 2153, H.D. 2, 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 of this bill is to provide needed medical services to the people of West Maui by appropriating funds to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to contract with a private health provider to provide after-hours outpatient urgent and extended medical care in West Maui.
This bill also improves the safety of our elderly and disabled by requiring that criminal background checks be performed on those people having access to health care facilities and the people being cared for by health care providers.
Your Committees on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the provisions that required criminal background checks on health care workers;
(2) Inserting an appropriation of $300,000;
(3) Removing the stipulation that the after hours emergency and extended care would begin after 8:00 p.m.;
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2006; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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. 2153, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2153, H.D. 2, 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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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Co-Chair |
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