STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1149

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1069

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1069, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII CANCER RESEARCH SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to decrease the frequency of University of Hawaii's (University) reporting on the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund account to the Legislature from a semi-annual to annual basis.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UHCC).

 

     Your Committee finds that section 304A-2168(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the University to report to the Legislature on the monies in the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund on a semi-annual basis.  The reporting requirement was established in Act 28, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, with the intent to promote transparency in the financial accounting relating to the special fund; assist the UHCC in providing better cancer care to improve the health and well-being of the people of Hawaii; help the Legislature ensure that the UHCC is making progress in meeting its recruitment and expansion goals; assure the commitment of funds in the special fund; and prevent the use of monies in the special fund for non-compliant purposes.  Over the past three years, the UHCC has been improving its finances.  Your Committee believes that this measure, which brings the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund's reporting requirement to a frequency that is on a par with other non-general funds, will reduce the University's administrative burden while continuing to maintain the Legislature's oversight over the special fund.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1069, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair