STAND. COM. REP. 736

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1182

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1182, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to delete terminal condition as the sole circumstance when "comfort care only-do not resuscitate" (CCO-DNR) protocols may be initiated by in-field emergency response personnel.

The Department of Health, Maui County Police Department and Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that a requirement of a physician's diagnosis of a terminal condition before implementation of CCO-DNR protocols may negate a patient's advanced directive.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1182, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1182, H.D. 2.

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

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair