STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1950-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.C.R. No. 124

      S.D. 1

      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 Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 124, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MEDICAID-SPONSORED PROGRAMS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the Department of Human Services (DHS) Medicaid-sponsored programs.

     The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, AlohaCare, and Hawaii Primary Care Association supported this concurrent resolution.

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Limiting the scope of the audit to DHS' QUEST Expanded Access for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Request for Proposals; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 124, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 124, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair