STAND. COM. REP. NO. 403-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2592

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2592 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to facilitate access to health care services by requiring the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) to publish a free health care map displaying the location of all health care providers in the state and including their:

(1) Services and scope of practice;

(2) Type of insurance accepted;

(3) Language spoken; and

(4) Addresses and telephone numbers.

The Hawaii Medical Services Association and Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association supported this bill. SHPDA suggested amendments to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Removing the requirement for SHPDA to publish a free health map and the appropriation of funds for that purpose;

(2) Requiring SHPDA to develop and maintain a statewide comprehensive health care workforce map and database;

(3) Appropriating $1 for this purpose, and to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2592, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2592, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair