STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2086

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 674

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 674, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Adopt the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the Hawaii Medical Board's implementation of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Primary Care Association, National Organization for Rare Disorders, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases, Hawaii Association of Health Plans, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, The Queen's Health System, AlohaCare, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i, American Veterans Hawaii, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawai‘i Psychiatric Medical Association, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Medical Board, and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the funding source of the appropriation from general funds to the Compliance Resolution Fund; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 674, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 674, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair