STAND. COM. REP. NO. 498-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1836
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1836 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 327E-13(G), HAWAII
     REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to remove the pregnant women
exclusion from the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act.

     The Executive Office on Aging, the Commission on the Status
of Women, the Hawaii Medical Association, the League of Women
Voters, Hawaii Women Lawyers, the Family Planning Centers of
Hawaii, and concerned individuals testified in support of this
bill.  The Hawaii Catholic Conference expressed concerns.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will protect the
autonomy of one's own critical life decisions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1836 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair