STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1118

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 436

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 436 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve healthcare access in Hawaii by requiring medical assistance programs such as Medicaid and QUEST, to include chiropractic coverage.

 

     The Hawaii State Chiropractic Association and American Chiropractic Association testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to                    encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 H.B. No. 436, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 436, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair