STAND. COM. REP. NO.  412

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 456

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 456 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Department of Human Services (DHS) to directly reimburse sellers of over-the-counter Plan B emergency contraception to women who are Medicaid recipients.

     The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii and Hawaii Medical Association testified in support of this bill.  Pro-Family Hawaii opposed this measure.  DHS provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 456 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 Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair