STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1825-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2285

S.D. 2

H.D. 3

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2285, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify the definition of "health care" for purposes of health planning and resource development and health care cost control by the State Health Planning and Development Agency;

(2) Amend the functions and duties of the State Health Planning and Development Agency;

(3) Establish a task force known as the Hui Hoʻomana within the State Health Planning and Development Agency; and

(4) Appropriate funds to the State Health Planning and Development Agency for administrative costs and to establish positions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine; University of Hawaii at Mānoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Hawai‘i Primary Care Association; AlohaCare; and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services; Department of Health; State Health Planning and Development Agency; Executive Office on Aging; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Hawai‘i Pacific Health; Hawaii Association of Health Plans; and Hawaii Medical Service Association.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the number of positions established by this measure to an unspecified number; 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. 2285, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2285, S.D. 2, H.D. 3.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair