CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 166

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1138
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1138, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1) Allow the Department of Health (DOH) to update its
         ability to investigate significant causes of illness
         which threaten the public health and safety; and

     (2) Appropriate funds to DOH to conduct soil testing for
         Village Park and West Loch Fairways as a part of an
         epidemiologic investigation to determine if physical and
         learning disabilities of children are caused by the
         soil.


 
 
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     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1) Appropriating $220,000 for DOH to conduct a response
         action, which shall include soil testing at Village Park
         and West Loch Fairways; and

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

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1138, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1138, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair     ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Co-
                                   Chair
                                   
                                   
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AVERY CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair           RON MENOR, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair     BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             NESTOR R. GARCIA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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BRIAN KANNO, Member                BOB McDERMOTT, Member