STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3780

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1637

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1637, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to eliminate the spending ceiling from the civil monetary penalty special fund statute.  

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and one individual.

 

     Written comments in opposition were received from one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the measure's elimination of the spending ceiling from the civil monetary penalty special fund statute will align state law with federal requirements and thus facilitate the reinvestment of moneys from the special fund into projects that benefit nursing home residents in the State.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the appropriation of funds for one full-time equivalent Medicare administrator position within the Department of Health;

 

     (2)  Deleting the severability provision;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to "upon its approval"; and

 

     (4)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1637, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1637, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair