STAND. COM. REP. NO. 508

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1108

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1108 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and the Women's Caucus of the Legislature to conduct a comprehensive educational media and speaking campaign about the causes and prevention of cervical cancer in the State.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health and the American Cancer Society Hawaii Pacific, Inc.

 

     Your Committee finds that cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women and it is fully preventable, if pre-cancerous cell changes are detected and treated early enough.  Your Committee further finds that education about cervical cancer can be a significant factor in helping with the early detection of this illness.  This measure will allow the Department of Health and the Women's Caucus of the Legislature to disseminate information about the causes and methods of prevention.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1108 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair