STAND. COM. REP. NO.  452

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 201

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 201 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE VETERANS' HOME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that moneys and gifts received by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation are properly accounted for and expended.

     Specifically, this bill creates the veterans' home account and the veterans' gift account to be administered by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.  The former account is to receive funds by executive departments, appropriations, certain gifts, and other payments for medical care and services provided to veterans in the state veterans' home, to be expended for operation of the state veterans' home, programs and services, solicitation of further funding, and public information programs.  The latter account is to receive gifts of personal property for designated use by donors, may be sold or exchanged, or used in-kind.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the Office of Veterans Services and the Advisory Board on Veterans' Services.  Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Budget and Finance and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

     Your Committee believes that these two accounts will help to ensure that moneys and gifts received by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation will be properly accounted for and expended.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 201 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair