STAND. COM. REP. NO. 562-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2606

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. 2606 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TROPIC CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health for the Tropic Care program of the United States Department of Defense to provide free medical care to individuals in rural areas.

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii and a concerned individual supported this measure. The Department of Health and the Mayor of the County of Hawaii offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $30,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to facilitate further discussion.

Should the Committee on Finance deliberate further on this measure, your Committee respectfully requests that it appropriate $30,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the purpose of this measure.

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 intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2606, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2606, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair