STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1798

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1053
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1053 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONAL CARE SERVICES
     PAYMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to eliminate duplication of the
law with respect to reimbursement for personal care services by
repealing section 346-64, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which is
unnecessary as personal care services are now provided through
the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Programs, under
Chapter 346D, HRS.

     The Department of Human Services testified in support of
this measure.

     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.
1053 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair