STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1679

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   S.B. No. 819

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 819, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve access to health care for Medicaid recipients by extending the Hospital Sustainability Program established by Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Pacific Health, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, The Queen's Health Systems, and Hawaii Primary Care Association.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

 

     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 S.B. No. 819, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair