STAND. COM. REP. NO. 904

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1138

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1138, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HEALTHCARE ASSURANCE SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the annual expenditure ceiling of the Office of Healthcare Assurance special fund.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will help decrease reliance on general funds during a period of budget uncertainty.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Providing that the annual expenditure ceiling of the Office of Healthcare Assurance special fund shall be established through the state budget process and authorizing emergency spending beyond the established budget ceiling, as suggested in written comments from the Department of Health; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1138, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1138, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair