Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1868 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize a minor's caregiver to provide consent to health care services for the minor.

The Department of Community Services, City and County of Honolulu; Child Welfare Services State Advisory Council; Na Tutu, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren; Kokua Council; ILWU Local 142; Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs; and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services (DHS) supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committees find that there are many situations where caregivers other than parents or guardians, such as grandparents, may need to seek medical care for a minor. This measure would facilitate the provision of medical care on behalf of minors.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1868, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1868, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.