STAND. COM. REP. NO. 773-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 3142

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3142, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAUMA CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to sustain trauma care resources in the state by:

(1) Establishing the Trauma Care Fund (Fund) to provide reimbursements for documented costs of uncompensated care incurred by a trauma center; and

(2) Specify dedicated sources of revenue for the Fund.

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, The Queen's Medical Center, and Hawaii Pacific Health supported this bill with amendments. The Department of Health and Department of Budget and Finance offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 H.B. No. 3142, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3142, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair