STAND. COM. REP. NO. 482

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 992
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 992 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HANA
     COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make appropriations for
the Hana Community Health Center for fiscal years 1998-1999 and
1999-2000.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health (DOH), Hana Community Health
Center, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Aloha Care, and Hawaii Health
Systems Corporation.  Testimony in opposition was received from
the United Public Workers.

     Your Committee finds that the Hana Community Health Center
is in desperate need of immediate legislative appropriations to
continue its operations.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting
$200,000, in place of $995,720, for the appropriation for 1998-
1999.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
 Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 992, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass

 
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Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 992,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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