STAND. COM. REP. 167

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1182

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1182 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow a person or a person's guardian, agent, or surrogate with legal authority to make health-care decisions on behalf of the person to allow the withholding of cardiac resuscitation and artificial breathing or to revoke "comfort care only-do not resuscitate" (CCO-DNR) documents.

The Department of Health and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee recognizes that this measure provides consistency with other provisions for advanced directives in hospitals and other healthcare institutions and allows self-determination for end-of-life care.

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. 1182 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

 

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair