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 S.B. No. 122, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to define and add "case review forum" to the proceedings protected from discovery in civil actions to allow participants to freely exchange information without fear of reprisal which may hamper improvements to the medical peer review system.

The Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to

(2) 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 122, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 122, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.