STAND. COM. REP. NO.  531-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2115

      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 Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2115 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that lower-income residents may access a full array of medical treatments by including chiropractic care as a covered service under medical assistance plans such as QUEST and Medicaid.

The Hawaii State Chiropractic Association and Hawaii Primary Care Association supported this bill.  The Department of Human Service provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     Your Committee respectfully notes that there was considerable conflict between the dollar amounts presented by the Department of Human Services and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association in their testimony, but that these amounts do establish a record to be considered by your Committee on Finance, should it choose to consider this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 2115, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2115, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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MELE CARROLL, Chair