Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2961, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote the health and welfare of school children in Hawaii.

Specifically, this bill establishes a federal revenue maximization program revolving fund within the Department of Education to collect and disburse revenues for medicaid-eligible health services provided to public school children.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure to clarify that moneys in the federal revenue maximization program revolving fund are to be expended by the Department of Education for medicaid-eligible services provided by the Department of Education to school children. To effect this purpose, the contents of section 2 of the bill have been removed and replaced with those of section 2 of S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 2, 2006.

Your Committee has also made technical amendments to:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2961, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2961, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.