CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 35

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    H.B. No. 656

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 656, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIFORMITY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to effectively harness new or improved approaches, concepts, and initiatives that have the potential to have a positive impact on the cost and quality of health care in the State by temporarily establishing within the Office of the Governor, the Health Care Transformation Program that is specially targeted to initiate a statewide health care transformation.

     This measure also requires the Governor to submit a progress report containing the status of the Health Care Transformation Program and a final report on the Health Care Transformation Program, including findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the convening of the 2014 Regular Session and the 2015 Regular Session, respectively.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2013; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 656, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 656, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair
____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair