STAND. COM. REP. NO. 696

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 105

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 105, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a statewide fall prevention and early detection program.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging and four concerned individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that falls among the elderly pose a significant public health issue and insufficient resources are presently allocated to reducing and promptly detecting falls among the elderly.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Moving the new section to part II of chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, making necessary conforming amendments, and clarifying that the program is established in the Department of Health's Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 105, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 105, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair