STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1259-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2819

S.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 Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 2819, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Public Safety to reimburse the Department of Human Services for specialty out-of-facility care and to pay the increased costs for pharmacy services.

Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in Governor's Message No. 9 to the Legislature, requested immediate consideration and passage of this bill by the Legislature to address the budget shortfall.

The Department of Public Safety and a concerned individual supported this measure.

Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $2,690,500 for fiscal year 2017-2018 for the purpose of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2819, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair