STAND. COM. REP. NO. 422-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2202
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No.
2202 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HANA
     COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $952,000 for
fiscal year 2000-2001 for Hana Community Health Center to
continue its current level of operations.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hana Community Health
Center, the Maui County Council, and a member of the Maui County
Council testified in support of this bill.  The Department of
Health (DOH) testified in support of this bill so long as its
passage does not replace or adversely impact priorities as
indicated in DOH's Executive Supplemental Budget Request.  The
United Public Workers testified in opposition to this bill.

     Your Committee finds that the Hana Community Health Center
is the only health provider in the remote Hana district, the
nearest medical facility is Maui Memorial Medical Center located
57 miles away requiring a 2 1/2 hour drive.  Funding is needed to
enable health services to continue at Hana Community Health
Center.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.

 
 
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2202 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair