STAND. COM. REP. NO.  951-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 1890

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1890 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for health care and other services for people living with the human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

     Gregory House Programs, The Gay and Lesbian Education and Advocacy Foundation, Life Foundation, Bill's Place, West Oahu Hope For A Cure Foundation, Clint Spencer Clinic, PWA Coalition Hawaii, Inc., and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Health opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Updating the fiscal year of the appropriation to 2008-2009;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 1890, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1890, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair