STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3613

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1647

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1647, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Human Services to compile data on employers that have large numbers of employees enrolled in public assistance programs, to help the Legislature and policymakers understand the related impacts on society, the economy, and the state budget.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Human Services, and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Your Committee finds that requiring the Department of Human Services to compile data on employers that have large numbers of employees in public assistance programs in the State could lead to more informed policy-making and opportunities for cost savings for the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1647, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1647, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair