REPORT Title:

Purchase of Services; Health and Human Services; Elderly

Description:

Allows contracts purchasing health and human services for county agencies, to be awarded under chapter 103F. (SB527 SD2 HD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

527

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 103F-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending subsection (a) as follows:

"(a) This chapter shall apply to all contracts made by state agencies and may be used by county agencies to provide health or human services to Hawaii's residents[,]; provided that this chapter shall not apply to:

(1) Contracts to award grants or subsidies of state funds appropriated by the legislature to a specific organization or individual;

(2) Transactions between or among government agencies, including but not limited to agreements, contracts, and grants;

(3) Transactions expressly exempt from the requirements of this chapter; and

(4) Transactions that the chief procurement officer determines are exempt under rules adopted by the policy board."

2. By amending subsection (c) to read:

"(c) Nothing in this chapter or rules adopted hereunder shall prevent any state or county agency from complying with the terms or conditions of any grant, bequest, or cooperative agreement, or from satisfying any requirement of federal statute or regulation to avoid the loss or reduction of federal assistance."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.