STAND. COM. REP. NO.  885-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2412

      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. 2412 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that health care payments made with state funds or controlled by the State are sufficient to cover the actual costs of the care provided, by appropriating $5,774,340 for the State's portion of the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance.

     The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, The Queen's Medical Center, and Hawaii Pacific Health supported this bill.  The Department of Human Services submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Replacing the appropriation with an unspecified amount;

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

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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. 2412, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2412, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair