STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3616

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 

 

RE:     H.B. No. 694

        H.D. 2

        S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 694, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Health Analytics Program within the Med-QUEST Division of the Department of Human Services.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, State Health Planning and Development Agency, University of Hawaii System, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and Hawaii Medical Association.

 

     Your Committee finds that the reports and analytics generated as a result of this measure will aid efforts to improve the State's healthcare delivery system and reduce state-funded healthcare costs.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 694, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 694, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair