STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2622

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2863
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2863, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE
     DIRECTIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make it easier for people to
let it be known that they have an advance health-care directive.

     Specifically, this bill requires that an application form
for a motor vehicle license or renewal contain a question to
designate whether the applicant has an advance health-care
directive.  If the applicant affirms this, the designation
"advance health-care directive" or a symbol or abbreviation for
it is to be placed on the driver's license.  The same requirement
applies for persons applying for registration at the Hawaii
Criminal Justice Data Center for a state identification card.

     The intent of this measure is to facilitate the
identification of persons who have executed an advance
health-care directive, which is especially useful in medical
emergencies.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your

 
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Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2863, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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