CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.28-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2521
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
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. 2521, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROL OF DISEASE,"
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 enable the Department of Health (DOH) to respond rapidly to emergency health problems before they develop into catastrophic health emergencies. Specifically, this measure will:
(1) Enable DOH to form partnerships with health care facilities and providers to plan for and deliver services under circumstances where DOH's existing resources are inadequate;
(2) Update and reform the quarantine laws to provide due process to potentially contagious individuals that DOH might seek to isolate from the public;
(3) Allow DOH to sequester or isolate contaminated items or materials to protect the public from toxic or infectious substances;
(4) Enable disease investigators to obtain critical information to determine the cause and limit the impact of disease outbreak; and
(5) Provide persons providing care during an epidemic immunity from liability for simple negligence, except in cases of wilful misconduct.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2521, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2521, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ DAVID M. MATSUURA, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair |