STAND. COM. REP. NO.  291

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 411

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 411 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support consumers of health care services by:

 

     (1)  Defining "home health agency"; and

 

(2)  Requiring the Department of Health (DOH) to license home health agencies.

 

     Healthcare Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  DOH opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date of the bill to July 1, 2050, to facilitate continued discussion on the bill; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity.

 

 

 

 

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 411, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 411, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair