Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 37 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to have a mandatory health insurance coverage for survivors of brain injuries, as provided in HB 1487 (2005).

Your committee received testimony from a concerned individual who supports this concurrent resolution and the Hawaii State Department of Health who supports the intent of the resolution.

Your Committee finds that this will substantially assist survivors of traumatic brain injury in leading full lives.

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. 37 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.