STAND. COM. REP. NO.  112-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 1812

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1812 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to effectuate its title.

     H.B. No. 1812 was introduced as a short-form bill, which is sometimes referred to as a "vehicle" bill primarily used to introduce a bill containing only a general idea as to the purpose of the bill without specific details in the long form.

     Your Committee has amended the bill to provide the substantive contents of the bill in long form so that a public hearing may be properly held on its substantive contents.

The purpose of this measure, as amended, is to authorize health care surrogates to act as authorized representatives to assist a patient with the Medicaid application process, redetermination of eligibility, and other related communications with the Department of Human Services.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the action to report out H.B. No. 1812, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Health & Human Services, for the purpose of holding a public hearing thereon, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1812, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair