STAND. COM. REP. NO. 828-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2621

S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2621, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that medically fragile children receive proper health care by creating a Medically Fragile Children's Trust Fund to help pay for medical expenses as well as caregiver expenses for these children.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, American Physical Therapy Association-Hawaii Chapter, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

Your Committees find that families who provide care to medically fragile children face tremendous financial and emotional burdens. This bill provides a small measure of assistance for these families.

 

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2621, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing,

 

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair