CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 1-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 608

       H.D. 3

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 608, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate moneys, subject to dollar-for-dollar private matching funds, to support ongoing services provided by a qualified provider with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certification to perform kidney and liver transplants in Hawaii and to support a federally-recognized chronic kidney disease management program.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that an emergency appropriation is necessary to preserve and save the lives of individuals combating organ failure by providing them with essential access to organ transplantation in the State and giving these individuals quality care and treatment throughout operation and recovery.

 

     Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in Governor's Message No. 181 to the Legislature, requests immediate consideration and passage of this bill by the Legislature, citing the necessity of prompt attention to this matter to appropriate funds to support kidney and liver transplants in Hawaii.

 

     It is your Committee on Conference's intent that of the $1,800,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2011-2012:

 

(1)  $1,500,000 shall be for supporting ongoing services by a qualified provider with United Network for Organ Sharing certification to perform kidney and liver transplants in Hawaii; and

 

(2)  $300,000 shall be for supporting a federally-recognized chronic kidney disease management program.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Making an emergency appropriation, subject to dollar-for-dollar private matching funds, to support ongoing services by a qualified provider with United Network for Organ Sharing certification to perform kidney and liver transplants in Hawaii, and to support a federally-recognized chronic kidney disease management program;

 

     (2)  Specifying an appropriation amount of $1,800,000 for fiscal year 2011-2012;

 

(3)  Specifying that the funds appropriated in the bill shall be exempt from Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

(4)  Changing the effective date of the bill to upon its approval; and

 

(5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 608, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 608, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair