STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1168

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1538

      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. 1538, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to address the special risks and needs faced by dialysis patients during and after critical events and natural disasters by directing the Department of Health (DOH) and the Civil Defense Division of the State Department of Defense (SCD) to implement the statewide dialysis emergency plan.

 

     The Healthcare Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  DOH and the State Department of Defense supported the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Directing Healthcare Association of Hawaii's Emergency Management Program and the emergency services departments of the respective counties to partner with DOH and SCD in implementing the statewide dialysis emergency plan;

 

 

 

(2)  Amending the measure's reporting requirements to a single report to be submitted jointly by DOH, SCD, Healthcare Association of Hawaii's Emergency Management Program, and the emergency services departments of the respective counties;

 

(3)  Amending the reporting date to no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the 2012 Regular Session; and

 

(4)  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. 1538, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1538, 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