STAND. COM. REP. 838

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 189

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 189, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES FOR SEX ASSAULT SURVIVORS IN EMERGENCY ROOMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assist sexual assault survivors seeking treatment at hospitals by requiring hospitals to:

(1) Provide information on emergency contraceptives to sexual assault survivors; and

(2) Offer and provide emergency contraceptives to sexual assault survivors.

The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Community Alliance on Prisons, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, and First Unitarian Church of Honolulu testified in support of this measure. The Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, American Center for Law and Justice of Hawaii, and Pro-Family Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 189, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair