CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 226-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2961
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
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. 2961, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
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 enhance the health and welfare of Hawaii's public school children by establishing a federal revenue maximization revolving fund to collect and disburse funds for Medicaid-eligible health services provided to public school children.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying the program's name as the "Department of Education Federal Revenue Maximization Program" (Program) and renaming the revolving fund to "Department of Education Federal Revenue Maximization Program Revolving Fund" (Revolving Fund);
(2) Clarifying that moneys from the Revolving Fund shall also be expended by the Department of Education (DOE) for administrative costs related to the Program;
(3) Making conforming amendments that exempt DOE from the requirement that federal reimbursements for federally-funded state programs be deposited into the State's Interagency Federal Revenue Maximization Revolving Fund;
(4) Appropriating $2,000,000 out of the Revolving Fund for Medicaid-eligible services provided by DOE and administrative costs related to the Program; and
(5) 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. 2961, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2961, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, 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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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
____________________________ LYLA B. BERG, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |