STAND. COM. REP. NO.  851-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2292

      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. 2292, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE MED-QUEST DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide emergency funding to the Department of Human Services to address the funding shortfall in its Medicaid Program resulting from the delay in reimbursement from the Hawaii Health Connector for services and moneys provided by the Department of Human Services to the Hawaii Health Connector.

The Department of Human Services testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Health Connector provided comments on this measure.

     Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in Governor's Message No. 185 to the Legislature, requested immediate consideration and passage of 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 H.B. No. 2292, 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