STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2153

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2661

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2661 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAID,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to include among the Department of Human Services' general duties, the provision of health care preventative services to improve wellness, subject to the appropriation of state funds and available federal matching assistance.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, the Consumer Family & Youth Alliance, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that preventative services and screenings can help individuals live longer, healthier lives, and are an important part of the health and well-being of Hawaii's community.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2661 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair