STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2091

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 900

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 900, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Executive Office on Aging to submit an annual progress report to the Legislature on the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program for the establishment of additional positions within the Executive Office on Aging.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Family Caregiver Coalition, AARP Hawai‘i, Kūpuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Hydroponics Alternatives LLC, and eighteen individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Executive Office on Aging.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the number of positions to unspecified numbers; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 900, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 900, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair