STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1213

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 933

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRICARE PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure the availability of high-quality, low-cost health care services to members of the uniformed services and their families.  Specifically, this bill extends the state general excise tax exclusion for amounts received by a managed care support contractor of the TRICARE program for the actual cost or advancement to third-party health care providers, pursuant to a contract with the United States for the administration of the TRICARE program.   

 

     The Military Officers Association of America-Hawaii Chapter and United Health Care testified in support of this measure.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.   

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making:

 

     (1)  Permanent, the extension of the state general excise tax exclusion for amounts received by a managed care support contractor of the TRICARE program for the actual cost or advancement to third-party health care providers, pursuant to a contract with the United States for the administration of the TRICARE program; and

 

     (2)  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair