STAND. COM. REP. NO.3001

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1740

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 1740, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make call centers that provide disease management services eligible for Hawaii's Enterprise Zone tax incentives by expanding the definition of "call center" to include "disease management services".

Your Committee received testimony supporting this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, a Maui County Councilmember, American Healthways, and Hawaii Nurses' Association.

Your Committee finds that the expansion of the "call center" definition clearly supports the purpose and intent of the Hawaii Enterprise Zone Partnership program by providing economic incentives to organizations for job creation and business expansion. Additionally, disease management services that have the potential to increase the quality and reduce the cost of health care in Hawaii are needed in rural communities, many of which have been designated as Enterprise Zones.

Your Committee notes that among physicians, nurses, etc., the State does not favor any health care provider over another in the delivery of disease management services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1740, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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ROD TAM, Chair