STAND. COM. REP. NO. 564
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 106
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 106 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STUDY ON TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR COVERAGE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish a joint legislative study group to investigate issues involved in implementing twenty-four hour insurance coverage in the State and to make an appropriation to fund the study group.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Information Practices.
Your Committee finds that a study is needed to determine what actions the State can take to combine prepaid health care, temporary disability insurance, motor vehicle insurance, and other related insurance systems in order to prevent duplication of coverage and avoid delays in the delivery of health care. The intent of this measure is to create a study group to investigate these issues.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the study group shall be exempt from the requirements of part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(2) Removing the specified amount of the appropriation; and
(3) Changing the effective date to promote further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 106, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 106, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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