STAND. COM. REP. NO.  469

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 692

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 692 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide health care coverage for children in Hawaii who fall within a gap group that is uninsured for various reasons by extending for three years the Hawaii Children's Health Care Program commonly known as "Keiki Care" that was established by Act 236, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.

 

     The Hawaii Medical Service Association, AlohaCare, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and Good Beginnings Alliance supported this bill.  The Department of Human Services submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 692, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 692, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair