STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1643

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 284

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 284 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO STUDY THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL IMPACT OF MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR USE OF THE LG1 INTELLIGENT MEDICAL VIGILANCE SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is take steps to improve acute care patient safety by requesting the Auditor to conduct an impact assessment report of the social and financial impacts of mandating coverage of the LG1 Intelligent Medical Vigilance System for all policies and contracts, hospital and medical service plan contracts, medical service corporation contracts, and health maintenance organization plans and contracts issued after December 31, 2007.

     The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and Hoana Medical, Inc., supported this concurrent resolution.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by requesting the Auditor to conduct an impact assessment report of the social and financial impacts of mandating coverage for an advanced vital sign monitoring device.

     Your Committee finds that it is important to make available, technology that can save lives and assist our health care professionals in their duties.  An advanced vital sign monitoring system would be an invaluable tool in Hawaii's hospitals.  Currently there is one device that has the ability to provide the comprehensive monitoring necessary to provide a high level of patient safety, the LG1 Intelligent Medical Vigilance System.  This device should be examined as the standard to which other devices should be held for such applications.

     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. 284, 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. 284, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair