STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3765

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1352

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1352, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate or authorize moneys for various operating expenses of the Department of the Attorney General.

Prior to decision making on this measure, your Committee made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1 of this measure. The proposed S.D. 1 deletes the existing provisions of this measure and replaces its contents with provisions to transfer moneys from the DNA Registry Special Fund to the Medicaid Investigations Recovery Fund to cover the State's funding obligations of the Medicaid Fraud Unit.

Your Committee did not receive any written comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that transferring excess moneys in the DNA Registry Special Fund to the Medicaid Investigations Recovery Fund will provide a needed, temporary source of funding for the Medicaid Fraud Unit. Your Committee further finds that this transfer will have no adverse impact on the DNA Registry Special Fund.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the Proposed Draft and further amending the Proposed Draft by making a technical nonsubstantive change for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 1352, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1352, 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