CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 127

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 635
                                  H.D. 2
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 635, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1) Authorize the issuance of $15,000,000 in special purpose
         revenue bonds to assist the Hilo Residency Training
         Program, Inc., a not-for-profit Hawaii corporation, that
         provides health care facilities; and

     (2) Establish a Hospital and Medical Facilities (HMF)
         Special Fund in the Department of Health;


 
 
 
 
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     (3) Establish a State Health Planning and Development (SHPD)
         Special Fund in the State Treasury to be administered by
         the State Health Planning and Development Agency;

     (4) Amend section 321-11.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS),
         to require the Director of Health to adopt rules to set
         fees for licensure or certification for certain
         facilities, and to require those fees to be deposited
         into the HMF Special Fund; and

     (5) Amend section 321-27(a), HRS, to allow certain fees to
         be deposited into the HMF Special Fund.

     After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference
has amended this bill by deleting all provisions relating to the
HMF and SHPD Special Funds.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 635, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 635, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair     ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Co-
                                   Chair
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             ______________________________
                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
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WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member           ______________________________
                                   BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   ______________________________
                                   BERTHA F.K. LEONG, Member