STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1127

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 900

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 900, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Executive Office on Aging for three program specialist positions for the Hawaii state health insurance assistance program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health, AARP Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that establishing program specialist positions for the Hawaii state health insurance assistance program will help the Executive Office on Aging to meet the State's growing aging population's demand for accurate, timely, and unbiased services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring the Executive Office on Aging to submit to the Legislature an annual progress report on the Hawaii state health insurance assistance program; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 900, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 900, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair