STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2361

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2621
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2621 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require health care
facilities to report all incidences of fireworks injuries and
fatalities to the Department of Health.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health, Honolulu Police Department, and
Legislative Information Services of Hawaii.

     This measure is an effort to obtain reliable and accurate
statistics on the scope and magnitude of the fireworks issue.
Much of the debate in this session is absent of any veritable
statistics on injuries and deaths caused by fireworks.  Official
reports by police and ambulance are only a fraction of the cases,
since people may seek treatment by themselves at health care
facilities.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the reports may contain information on
          the type of fireworks and the nature of the injuries as
          an optional item; and


 
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     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive change to reflect
          preferred drafting style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2621, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2621,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Intergovernmental Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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