STAND. COM. REP. NO.  276-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2115

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2115 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CANCER,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii Colorectal Cancer Screening Program to assist individuals with the detection and care of colorectal cancer.

 

     The Hawaii Medical Service Association, The Queen's Medical Center, and the American Cancer Society provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services provided testimony in support of the intent of this measure.  The Department of Health provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring that the Department of Human Services provide state-funded medical assistance under the Hawaii colorectal cancer screening program, as available to educate both men and women of the risks associated with colorectal cancer; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2115, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2115, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair