STAND. COM. REP. NO.  710-14

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2115, H.D. 1, 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 are able to access a full array of medical treatments by including chiropractic care as a covered service under medical assistance plans administered by the Department of Human Services, including QUEST and Medicaid.

The Hawai‘i Primary Care Association and Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported this measure.  The Department of Human Services commented on this measure.  

     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. 2115, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair