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March 20, 2017
Rep. Della Au Belatti, Chair
Committee on Health
Hawai'i State Capitol
Honolulu, HI 96813
Rep. Dee Morikawa, Chair
Committee on Human Services
Hawai'i State Capitol
Honolulu, HI 96813
Dear Chair Belatti, Chair Morikawa, and Members,
RE: SB7, SD2
Relating to Medicaid
I want to thank you for the attention that you are giving to the issue of
homelessness. Homelessness reflects the failure of our society to meet the needs of all
our people, and it is my hope that you and your fellow legislators will continue to strive
to ease this burden and deal humanely with the pain that homelessness inflicts, both on
those without shelter and on the community at large.
SB7, SD2, which calls on DHS/DOH to develop a plan in which Medicaid pays
for supportive housing services, has been identified by our Big Island homeless
experts—our local Community Alliance Partners-- as one of their top priorities for this
legislative session. I therefore am pleased to stand with them in asking that SB7 be
approved with adequate funding and an early effective date.
Respectfully submitted
Harry Kim
Mayor
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