STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1260

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    S.B. No. 1115

       S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide perinatal care.

     Specifically, this bill will continue the funding appropriated last year for a pilot perinatal clinic and case management in collaboration with the University of Hawaii John A. Burns Medical School to help women with a history of substance abuse.

     The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and two concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services and the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine submitted comments on this measure.

     Your Committees find that providing perinatal care to pregnant women with a history of substance abuse is vital to ensure the health of the child and the mother.  Your Committees further find that this measure will prove cost-effective as it will prevent birth defects, promote child health, and encourage families to stay together.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing,

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair