CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 126-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2094

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2094, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

(1)  Extend by five years the repeal date of Act 21, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, which requires home care agencies to be licensed by the Department of Health; and

 

(2)  Appropriate funds for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the establishment of a full-time permanent position in the Department of Health to facilitate the licensing of home care agencies.

 

This bill also requires that beginning with fiscal year 2015-2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Health is to request funding for the full-time, permanent position established in this measure.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Inserting the appropriation amount of $150,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the establishment of a full-time position in the Department of Health to facilitate the licensing of home care agencies; and

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to June 29, 2014, and making section 3 of this measure take effect on July 1, 2014.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2094, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2094, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair