CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 173

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 547
                                  H.D. 3
                                  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. 547, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS,"

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 increase the supply of organs
for transplant recipients by expanding educational efforts on
organ donation and improving organ referrals between hospitals
and the local organ procurement organization.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1) Setting out a legislative finding that a grant to the
         Organ Donor Center of Hawaii is for a public purpose;

     (2) Authorizing counties to retain up to $0.20 of each
         donated $1 to pay for administrative costs related to
         collecting the fee;

     (3) Postponing the effective date of the sections relating
         to voluntary donations collected by the county
         departments of motor vehicle licensing and deposited in
         the Hawaii Organ and Tissue Education Fund to allow the
         counties sufficient time to prepare new forms and
         processes to administer the program; and

     (4) Inserting an appropriation in the amount of $250,000 for
         fiscal year 2000-2001 as a grant to the Organ Donor
         Center of Hawaii for the purposes set forth in the bill.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 547, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 547, H.D. 3, 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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MATT M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair        ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             BRIAN Y. YAMANE, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member           BARBARA MARUMOTO, Member