STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2504

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2262

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2262, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAIN PATIENTS BILL OF RIGHTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that the medical use of marijuana is considered to be consistent with the Pain Patient's Bill of Rights, chapter 327H, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that various studies show that medical marijuana can provide relief to and improve the quality of life for those who suffer from chronic pain.  The Pain Patient's Bill of Rights gives patients the right to request or reject all treatment modalities to relieve severe acute or chronic pain.  This measure will ensure that patients who use medical marijuana to reduce their pain and improve their quality of life have these same rights.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2262, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 


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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair