STAND. COM. REP. NO.  554-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2661

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2661, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the availability of organ donations by establishing that only an express refusal by a person or persons authorized to amend or revoke a decision to make an anatomical gift will amend or revoke that decision.

 

     The American Diabetes Association and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2058, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 2661, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2661, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair