STAND. COM. REP. NO. 617-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2514
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2514 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the recovery of
public funds the Department of Human Services (DHS) expends on
deceased recipients by:

     (1)  Clarifying DHS's interests in the estate of deceased
          recipients; and

     (2)  Clarifying the procedure for asserting a DHS claim.

     DHS testified in support of this measure.

     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.
2514 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair