STAND. COM. REP. NO.  334

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 602

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 602 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CERVICAL AND BREAST CANCER SCREENING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to reach more women who are eligible to be screened for breast and cervical cancer under the Hawaii Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program, which makes screening services available to low-income, uninsured, and underserved women, by making an appropriation for such screening.

 

     Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, the Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, the American Cancer Society, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition and numerous individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Health supported the intent of the measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that women who live in poverty as well as racial and ethnic minorities have a higher rate of cancer-related deaths due to a variety of barriers including economic.  Early detection through screening is critical in saving lives.

 

     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. 602 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair