STAND. COM. REP. NO.  807-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1772

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1772 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase access to quality health care for veterans of the United States Armed Services by exempting from the General Excise Tax, amounts received by a contractor of the Patient-Centered Community Care Program for costs associated with veterans' health care provided outside of the Veterans Affairs system pursuant to a contract with the United States.  

The Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter, and TriWest Healthcare Alliance Inc. supported this measure.  The Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical amendments including  to accurately reflect the federal law that established the Patient-Centered Community Care Program.

     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. 1772, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1772, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair