STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1008
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.C.R. No. 39
H.D. 1
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. 39 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING BY COLONOSCOPY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Auditor to assess the social and financial effects of requiring health insurers to offer coverage for colorectal cancer screening by colonoscopy.
The Hawaii Medical Service Association and American Cancer Society supported this concurrent resolution. Kaiser Permanente supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee finds that early diagnosis of colorectal cancer is an extremely important tool in maintaining a healthy society. Diagnosing and treating colorectal cancer in its early stages increases the chances of a full and complete recovery.
Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:
(1) Adding fecal occult blood testing and flexible
sigmoidoscopy to the tests that should be studied for possible coverage by health insurers;
(2) Changing the title of this concurrent resolution to:
"REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND
FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER
COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING BY FECAL
OCCULT BLOOD TESTING, FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY, AND
COLONOSCOPY"; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,
consistency, 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. 39, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 39, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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