STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3548

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 66
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 66 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HUMAN SERVICES TO CONVENE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERAGENCY GROUP
     TO EXAMINE WAYS TO ADVOCATE THE CAPTURE AND MAXIMIZATION OF
     FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT HAWAII'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
     PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Human Services (DHS) to convene a public-private interagency
working group to examine ways to advocate the capture and
maximization of federal funds to support Hawaii's health and
human services programs.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the DHS and Welfare & Employment Rights Coalition.

     The intent of this measure is for Hawaii to evaluate and
determine how best to maximize available federal funds to support
Hawaii's health and human services programs in a way that uses
the resources and abilities of both the public and private
sectors.  Federal funding is diverse and complex, including
matching funds, waivers, and exceptions.  Even within established
federal programs, such as Medicare, Hawaii may not be receiving
its share of home care and skilled nursing care compared with
other states.  More distressingly, federal moneys could go
unclaimed by Hawaii because of an inability of the State to

 
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devote the necessary staff to plan programs and submit
applications.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 135, S.D. 1, a similar measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 66, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as H.C.R. No. 66, S.D. 1.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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