STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1543

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 797

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 797, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to benefit the overall health of the people of Hawaii by appropriating funds to the Department of Health (DOH) to participate in any federal matching grant programs authorized by the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act with respect to the design or development of health information technology systems.  This bill also establishes reporting requirements for DOH relating to the appropriation.

     No testimony was received on this bill.

     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 S.B. No. 797, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair