§40-57.5  Comptroller's acceptance of
vouchers for the Hawaii state medicaid program.  The requirements of
section 40-56 and section 40-57 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
comptroller may, if satisfied as to the adequacy of related internal controls and
audit trails, issue warrants for original warrant vouchers without accompanying
original bills for payments to vendors of the Hawaii state medicaid program. 
Whenever the comptroller has given the comptroller's approval for the issuance
of warrants under this section without accompanying original bills, the
original bills shall be retained by the expending agency vouchering the
payment, and shall be made available for authorized referencing, for the period
prescribed by section 40-10 for the retention of vouchers, documents and other
records or papers before destruction.  For purposes of this section, the
definition of original bills shall also include computer magnetic tape,
computer listings, computer output microfilm, microfiche, and manually produced
microfilm. [L 1976, c 174, §1; am L 1979, c 49, §1; gen ch 1985]