STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1160

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 102

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 102 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENSURING THAT ANY LEGISLATIVE EFFORT TO REPAIR THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN HAWAII SHOULD INCORPORATE SUSTAINABLE WELLNESS PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CASUAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC DISEASE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that any legislative effort to repair the healthcare system in Hawaii incorporates sustainable wellness programs that address the underlying causal factors associated with chronic disease.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, and Catholic Charities of Hawaii.

 

     Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that continuing support to protect funding for primary prevention is important to ensuring the viability of sustainable wellness programs.  These programs will reduce future health care costs by addressing the prevention of chronic disease and educating the public on the importance of healthy lifestyle changes.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes to the title and body for the purposes of consistency, clarity, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 102, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 102, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair