STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1166

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1106

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WELLNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the health of public employees and reduce health-care costs through the establishment of a workplace wellness pilot program to be operated by the Department of Health (DOH).

 

     The Healthcare Association of Hawaii; American Heart Association; Hoana Medical, Inc.; and Papa Ola Lokahi supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Removing the appropriation contained in it;

 

     (2)  Explicitly requiring DOH to create a workplace wellness pilot program; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.


 

     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. 1106, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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