STAND. COM. REP. NO.  598

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 687

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 687, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that veterans are receiving adequate and appropriate health care services by providing the Department of Defense, Office of Veterans' Services (OVS) with greater access and input into the operations of the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home.

 

     OVS supported the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committee finds that providing OVS with improved access to information on the care of veterans at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home is important.  Therefore, in an effort to ensure such access, your Committee on Finance is respectfully requested to look into the possibility of enabling a representative of OVS to become a member of the Hawaii Health Systems' East Hawaii Regional Board.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 687, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 687, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair