STAND. COM. REP. NO.  472-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2093

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2093 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOME CARE LICENSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the sunset date of Act 21, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, to June 30, 2019, thereby extending by five years the requirement that home care agencies be licensed by the Department of Health.

 

     The Department of Health, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and several individuals supported this measure.  An individual opposed this measure.

 

     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. 2093 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair