STAND. COM. REP. NO.1657

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.C.R. No. 165

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 165, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE KALAUPAPA SETTLEMENT OPERATIONS AND EXPENDITURES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct an audit of the Kalaupapa Settlement operations and expenditures.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Health (DOH), Kalaupapa Patients Advisory Council, and twenty-one residents of Kalaupapa.

The intent of this measure is to ensure that State funds are expended appropriately and that Kalaupapa Settlement is operated for the benefit of the patients. Your Committees believe that an audit of the DOH's operations and expenditures relating to the Kalaupapa Settlement will help ensure that public funds are being appropriately utilized.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 165, H.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair