STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1048

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 105

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 105, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Health's Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch to establish and maintain a statewide fall prevention and early detection program.

 

     The Executive Office on Aging, Maui Falls Prevention Coalition, American Medical Response, Injury Prevention Advisory Committee, and several individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Health submitted comments.

 

     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 S.B. No. 105, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair