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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  731

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 817

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 H.B. No. 817 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAGE PLUS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist people receiving Medicare and Medicaid benefits, as well as their families, caregivers, and people on the verge of retirement by appropriating funds for the operating costs to expand and support the Sage PLUS Program on the neighbor islands.

     The Department of Health, Kokua Council, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans, ILWU Local 142, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

     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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 817 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair