STAND. COM. REP. 1469

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1675

H.D. 3

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1675, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to transfer the Executive Office on Aging (EOA) from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Health (DOH) for administrative purposes.

Your Committee circulated a proposed draft of this bill that would, in addition to transferring EOA, require the Auditor to conduct a comprehensive management and financial audit of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC).

EOA and DOH supported the bill as received. The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure as received.

A concerned individual testified in support of the proposed draft. Several concerned individuals opposed the proposed draft.

Your Committee has amended this bill by inserting the contents of the proposed draft and making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

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. 1675, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1675, H.D. 3.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair