STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1237

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1642

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1642, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that any organization that is awarded a contract through state procurement laws and the request for proposal process is not entitled to receive more money, in any form, than the amount of the bid.

 

     This measure also requires bidders to be properly licensed in the State to conduct the business being sought by the request for proposals, unless the business being sought is not required by the State to be licensed.

 

     Your Committee finds that procurement laws regarding request for proposal procedures for the purchase of health and human services need to be clarified in order to make the process more equitable amongst all bidders for health and human services contracts.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the amount of the proposal shall not exceed the amount to be expended by the State, which addresses the situation where the provider may not meet the requirements under the contract and a lesser amount is warranted; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to continue the discussions on this matter.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1642, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1642, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair