STAND. COM. REP. NO.  425

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 907

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 907 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VACCINATION GUIDELINES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that immunizations required, and the manner and frequency of their administration, conform to nationally recognized standard medical practices.  Specifically, this measure authorizes the Department of Health to adopt, amend, or repeal a list of specific vaccines and to adopt, amend, or repeal, as rules, the immunization recommendations of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as they apply to the list of specific vaccines.

 

     The Department of Health, Walgreens Co., Hawaii Immunization Coalition, Hawaii Medical Association, Kaiser Permanente, National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians, and an individual testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 907 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair