STAND. COM. REP. NO. 720
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 859
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 859, 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:
(1) Allow the Department of Health to maintain a forum on its website where certain state-licensed care facilities are able to post vacancy information to facilitate the placement of individuals in those facilities;
(2) Require the Department of Health to convene a working group to discuss and provide feedback on the implementation and maintenance of a forum on its website where certain state-licensed care facilities are able to post vacancy information, and the posting of vacancy information on the website; and
(3) Appropriate funds to carry out the purposes of 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. 859, 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 |
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