STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1669-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2133

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2133, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect the health and well-being of all of Hawaii's people by, among other things:

(1) Creating a Hawaii Health Authority to study and plan for a single-payer, universal health care system for the State of Hawaii;

(2) Establishing a youth suicide early intervention and prevention program to create public awareness of the signs exhibited by a person contemplating suicide and the correct actions to take when such behavior is recognized; and

(3) Restricting the use of mercury-containing vaccines, especially with respect to children under 12 years of age and pregnant women.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Kokua Council, Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii State Teachers Association, National Association of Social Workers — Hawaii Chapter, Cure Autism Now Foundation — Hawaii Chapter, ILWU Local 142, Hawaii Society of Naturopathic Physicians, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill. A concerned individual supported this bill with amendments. The Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente, American Academy of Pediatrics — Hawaii Chapter, R. Weinstein Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products, and numerous concerned individuals opposed this measure. The Department of Health provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective dates to July 1, 2020; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2133, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2133, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair