STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1437

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 228

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 228 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO ESTABLISH THE HAWAII CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION TASK FORCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Governor to establish the Hawaii Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force.

The American Cancer Society, Hawaii Section of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, and Science and Technology International supported this concurrent resolution. The Department of Health did not support this measure at this time, because they felt it duplicated existing initiatives.

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by deleting its contents and replacing it with new language that refocuses the purpose of this measure towards pushing Hawaii into the forefront of cancer research by encouraging new technologies to diagnose, treat, and cure cancer.

This concurrent resolution has been further amended by changing its title to:

 

"REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO ESTABLISH THE HAWAII CANCER ELIMINATION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING HAWAII AS A CENTER FOR CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT, BASED ON EMERGING VIRTUAL BIOPSY TECHNOLOGIES AND CANCER TREATMENT MODALITIES."

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 228, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 228, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair