STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 1519

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.C.R. No. 213

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 213 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR A WOMEN'S HEALTH PLATFORM THAT RECOGNIZES SERIOUS INEQUITIES IN THE HEALTH PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF WOMEN, AND CALLS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THESE INEQUITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to:

(1) Express support for a women's health platform that recognizes serious inequities in the health prevention and treatment of women, and calls for the elimination of these inequities to improve the health status of women in Hawaii; and

(2) Request that every state agency and institution that receives state grants or funding take appropriate action to achieve improved and equal access to quality health care for women.

The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Community Alliance on Prisons, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Resolving that the annual Women's Health Month program held throughout the month of September be used to address and eliminate inequities in health prevention and treatment of women;

(2) Specifying that those state agencies or institutions that are requested to take action to achieve improved and equal access to quality health care for women are those that receive grants or funding for health prevention and treatment services;

(3) Sending certified copies of this concurrent resolution to women's organizations in addition to the State Commission on the Status of Women; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 213, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 213, H.D. 1.

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

		____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair