STAND. COM. REP. NO.  300-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2260

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2260 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUEST HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to restore basic dental benefits for qualified, indigent adults by appropriating out of the general fund and federal fund appropriations for QUEST health care payments, the sums of $3,100,000 and $4,200,000, respectively, for fiscal year 2010-2011.

     The Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawaii Dental Hygienists Association, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and a few concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services (DHS) opposed this measure. 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the penalty that DHS would have been assessed for not submitting by the deadline its report regarding the delivery of the benefits;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  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 and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2260, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2260, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair