STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1688

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.R. No. 94

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.R. No. 94 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE AND COORDINATE THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO MIGRANTS FROM FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this resolution is to request that the Department of Health (DOH) convene a task force to investigate methods of creating a centralized plan for the provision of medical and social services to people who have migrated to Hawaii from the Freely Associated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

 

     The Micronesian Community Network, Nations of Micronesia Committee, Institute for Human Services Emergency Homeless Shelter, and a concerned individual supported this resolution.  DOH supported this measure with amendments.  The Department of Education supported the intent of this resolution.  The Department of Human Services and the President of the East-West Center submitted comments.


     Your Committees have amended this resolution by:

 

(1)  Adding a member from each of the Micronesian Community Network and Nations of Micronesia Committee to the task force formed by DOH;

 

(2)  Requesting that the task force research the adequacy of the cost reimbursement formula used by the recently renegotiated Compact of Free Association;

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 94, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 94, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing,

 

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair