STAND. COM. REP. NO.  738-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1772

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1772, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Human Services to restore basic adult dental benefits to Medicaid and QUEST integration enrollees.

 

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, Waikiki Health, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Self-Advocacy Advisory Council, Hana Health, Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii, Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Dental Association, Waimanalo Health Center, Hawaii Public Health Association, DentaQuest, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services, Department of Health, and The Queen's Health Systems provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1772, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair