STAND. COM. REP. NO. 949

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 266

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 266, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 PANDEMIC,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to fund programs and activities related to the State's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response efforts.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Department of Defense, Department of Human Services, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the moneys provided by this measure will allow the State to continue critically needed COVID-19 response, relief, and mitigation programs.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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 S.B. No. 266, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that is pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 266, 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