Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 3283, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to develop and maintain a statewide comprehensive health care workforce map and database by appropriating an unspecified amount for the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA).

SHPDA and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $500,000; and

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3283, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3283, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.