STAND. COM. REP. NO.767

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 702

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 702, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Correctional Health Care Program (Program) within the Department of Public Safety (PSD), which will:

(1) Provide for the health care needs of inmates; and

(2) Allow PSD to hire a program administrator and qualified physicians exempt from civil service.

PSD and the Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in support of the measure and recommended amendments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Allowing those physicians already working for PSD in the Program to remain civil service employees at their option;

(2) Changing the effective date to take effect upon its approval; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity 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. 702, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 702, H.D. 2.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair