STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1924

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1804

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1804, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish additional funding resources for the Trauma System Special Fund (Special Fund) to ensure the continued viability of trauma centers in the state.

Among other things, this measure:

(1)  Establishes surcharges for traffic violations and various criminal convictions related to violence;

(2)  Establishes surcharges for violations that result in accidents involving death or bodily injury;

(3)  Requires the Department of Health (DOH) to establish a methodology to calculate costs incurred by hospitals providing care to trauma patients for reimbursement purposes; and

     (4)  Makes appropriations into and out of the Special Fund.

     The Queen's Medical Center testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1804, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1804, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair