STAND. COM. REP. NO.  674

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1267

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1267 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the proper funding of health care services in Hawaii by appropriating funds for the costs associated with Medicaid programs and comprehensive health care services.

 

     The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Health, American Heart Association, and Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Department of Human Services provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Redirecting for two fiscal years the portion of Tobacco Settlement Fund moneys from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund and the Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund to the general fund;

 

     (2)  Transferring $25,000,000 from the Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund to the general fund;

 

     (3)  Including additional appropriations to fund health care infrastructure, the Preschool Open Doors Program, court substance abuse programs, matching funds for the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance, and Kupuna Care;

 

     (4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 1267, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1267, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair