STAND. COM. REP. NO.599

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 634

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 634 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECOVERY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Expand the scope of the notice requirements for medical assistance recovery in section 346-37, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Require that all parties make reasonable inquiry as to whether a claimant has received or is receiving medical assistance; and

(3) Give timely written notice of any claim or action to the Department of Human Services.

The Department of Human Services supported this bill.

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 H.B. No. 634 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair