STAND. COM. REP. NO.  739

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1642

      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.B. No. 1642 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure quality health and human services delivery by requiring that all proposals for health and human services purchases be submitted by duly licensed providers and be for the exact amount to be expended by the State.

     The Hawaii Primary Care Association, Community Clinic of Maui, AlohaCare, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services and Office of Youth Services opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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

     (2)  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. 1642, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1642, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair