STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2110

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 217

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 217 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO INCREASE THE MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ease the strain of physicians leaving the State and hospitals by urging the United States Congress to increase the Medicare reimbursement rates for Hawaii.

     The Department of Human Services, The Hawaii Chapter American Physical Therapy Association and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 217 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing,

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Acting Chair and Vice Chair

____________________________ JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair