STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1858

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.C.R. No. 33

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 33 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES TO CONSIDER RAISING THE MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE PAYMENT AMOUNTS FOR PHYSICIANS RENDERING SERVICES IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to consider raising the Medicare fee schedule payment amounts for physicians rendering services in Hawaii.

     Prior to hearing this concurrent resolution, your committee circulated a proposed draft that would require the Office of the Auditor to conduct an audit of contracts issued by the Department of Human Services (DHS).

     DHS opposed the proposed H.D.1 and the Hawaii Government Employees Association offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by replacing its contents with the contents of the proposed draft.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 33, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 33, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair