Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 36 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Auditor perform a study on the social and financial implications of requiring health insurers to offer coverage of medical procedures for the early detection of prostate cancer.

The American Cancer Society, Hawaii Medical Service Association, National Prostate Cancer Coalition, and a concerned individual supported this concurrent resolution. Kaiser Permanente supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that early detection of prostate cancer is vital to preventing its debilitating and deadly effects by setting into motion the appropriate treatment regimen at the earliest possible time and thereby increasing the chances of a full recovery for those afflicted by this disease.

In an effort to more fully address this concern, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Adding the prostate cancer early detection guidelines of

the:

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,

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. 36, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 36, H.D. 1.