STAND. COM. REP. NO.  221

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1368

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1368 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL FACILITIES SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve the administration of the Hospital and Medical Facilities Special Fund.

 

     Your Committee received supporting testimony from the Department of Health.

 

     Your Committee finds that the increasing responsibilities and duties of the Office of Health Care Assurance requires updates and changes to law. This measure addresses the Office's needs by changing name of the Hospital and Medical Facilities Special Fund to properly identify the Office of Health Care Assurance as the administrator of the special fund.  This measure also allows the deposit of administrative fines into the special fund and permits its use to offset program expenses in addition to meeting educational responsibilities.

 

     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.

 

 

1368 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair