STAND. COM. REP. NO. 72

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 672

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 672 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF QUARANTINE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve enforcement of the law relating to infectious diseases by clarifying that the Department of Health (DOH) may require law enforcement personnel to aid and assist in the quarantine of individuals who are infected or suspected of being infected with diseases dangerous to the public health.

The DOH, Department of Public Safety, Police Department of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Hawaii Medical Association submitted testimony in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 672 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs.

 

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

 

FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair