CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE REP. NO. 91
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: S.B. No. 759
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 759, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, 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 measure is to:
(1) Require the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health to oversee and support community efforts to collaboratively address the health and wellness needs of the State's most underserved rural residents and develop plans that align with appropriate providers' goals and objectives; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the establishment of permanent full-time equivalent positions within the Department of Health's Family Health Services Division.
Your
Committee on Conference has
amended this measure by:
(1) Removing language that would have appropriated funds for an unspecified number of permanent full-time equivalent Program Specialist IV positions within the Department of Health's Family Health Services Division;
(2) Amending section 1 to reflect its amended purpose;
(3) Making it effective upon its approval; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 759, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 759, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI Co-Chair |
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____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO Chair |
____________________________ JENNA TAKENOUCHI Co-Chair |
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____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair |
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