STAND. COM. REP. NO.  268-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2652

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2652 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL PROCEDURES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide consumers of healthcare services with information to help them make more informed decisions by requiring that patients be informed of the amount of radiation exposure to the patient prior to obtaining the patient's consent to an x-ray or computed tomography scan.

 

     The Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Association of Health Plans, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Health opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2652, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2652, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair