STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1266

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 104

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 104 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct an audit of the Department of Human Services, including its Med-QUEST Division and KOLEA, the eligibility determination system of the Division.

The Hawaii Primary Care Association supported this measure.  The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure and offered a proposed H.D. 1.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the language of the proposed H.D. 1, which, among other things:

     (1)  Requests the Office of the Governor to have an audit conducted, rather than specifying that the audit be conducted by the Auditor;

     (2)  Requests the audit to examine the process of procurement of the KOLEA system and whether the system met the objectives and results expected, and make recommendations to improve purchase, design, operation and maintenance processes and controls; and

     (3)  Requests that the audit be conducted in an expedited manner and completed by November 1, 2015.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 104, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 104, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair