STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1290

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 88

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 88 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME TO APPLICANTS FOR WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION IF THE APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health to provide written notification within a reasonable time to applicants for water quality certification if the application is incomplete, including specific requirements the applicant needs to satisfy in order to complete the application.  If the applicant is not notified in writing that the application is incomplete within a reasonable time after submission, the Department of Health is requested to deem the application complete.

     The Department of Health provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee on Health notes that the Department of Health requested that a second opinion be obtained as a means of achieving more expeditious results.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 88 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair