STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1104-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2507
S.D. 2
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 Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2507, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide healthcare to more individuals by eliminating the QUEST enrollment cap and appropriating funds to expand healthcare coverage under QUEST.
The Department of Human Services, Hawai'i Primary Care Association, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Ko'olauloa Community Health and Wellness Center testified in support of this bill.
Your Committees have amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2022, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2507, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2507, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair |
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