STAND. COM. REP. NO.832
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 638
H.D. 1
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. 638 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to enable the Department of Human Services (DHS) to better administer its assistance programs by clarifying that:
(a) A person applying for or receiving DHS assistance; and
(b) A medical assistance recipient who is an inpatient of a medical institution.
DHS submitted testimony in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 638, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 638, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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