STAND. COM. REP. 628
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 548
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 548, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of the bill is to:
(1) Extend until June 30, 2006, the sunset date of the Organ and Tissue Education Fee and the Hawaii Organ and Tissue Education Special Fund (Special Fund) that were enacted in Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999; and
(2) Amend the reporting provisions of Act 88 requiring the Department of Health to submit to the Legislature a yearly report accounting for deposits and disbursements of the Special Fund.
The National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii, Transplant Association of Hawaii, Organ Donor Center of Hawaii, Hawaii Coalition on Donation, Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program, and concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee finds that this measure will continue to stress the importance of organ donation by promoting public awareness.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 548, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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