STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1522

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 176

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 176 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO WORK WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OR PASS LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE VETERANS FROM COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION NATIONS WITH ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY MEDICAL CARE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge Hawaii's Congressional delegation to work closely with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a program or pass legislation to provide veterans from Compact of Free Association nations with access to high-quality medical care within their respective communities.

The Office of Veterans Services and a few concerned individuals supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 176 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts and Health,

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair