STAND. COM. REP. NO.  887

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 136

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 136, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to continue the vital services provided by the Hawaii AIDS Clinical Research Program (Program) in conducting healthcare research and development to improve the lives of patients with HIV-1 infection.

 

     The Program, Clint Spencer Clinic, Life Foundation, Maui AIDS Foundation, Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 H.B. No. 136, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 136, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair