STAND. COM. REP. NO. 885-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2024
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No.
2024 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MEDICAL RESEARCH ON CANCER STUDIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the collection of
Hawaii's cancer statistics by requiring the reporting of cancer
cases detected in physician's offices, laboratories, free-
standing radiation oncology facilities, and other treatment or
pathology facilities to the Hawaii Tumor Registry or
participating hospital registries.

     The Hawaii Medical Association, the American Cancer Society,
the Hawaii Tumor Registry, the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii,
and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The
Department of Health testified in support of the intent of this
measure.

     Your Committee notes that a similar bill, H.B. No. 2013,
H.D. 1, passed the House earlier this session after public
hearings before your Committees on Health, Consumer Protection
and Commerce, and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs. 

     After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:

     (1)  Amending its title to read: "RELATING TO MEDICAL
          RESEARCH ON CANCER STUDIES" to conform to proper
          drafting conventions;


 
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     (2)  Including a purpose and findings section; and

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

     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.
2024, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2024, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce
and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health,



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair