STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1780

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1675

      S.D. 1

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1675, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the law pertaining to the use of automated external defibrillators by:

     (1)  Changing the term from automatic external defibrillator to automated external defibrillator; and

     (2)  Providing immunity from liability to any individual who administers an automated external defibrillator in a good faith attempt to resuscitate another person in immediate danger of loss of life, instead of providing immunity only to those who have successfully completed a training program.

     The Department of Health, Hawaii Division of the AED Institute, and the American Heart Association testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1675, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1675, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair