STAND. COM. REP. NO. 977-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 3136

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 3136, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require chiropractic services to be covered under Medicaid and QUEST.

Testimony in support of this bill was received from the Department of Human Services and seven individuals.

Your Committee finds that chiropractic services are an accepted part of the health care delivery system across the United States. The federal government currently covers chiropractic services through Medicare and certain programs for veterans. Providing chiropractic services under QUEST and Medicaid would bring Hawaii into accord with the majority of other states.

Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments to this bill for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3136, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3136, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce,

 

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair