STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2113

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 209

      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 Committees on Health and Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 209 entitled:

"SENATE 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,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to increase safety in our hospitals by requesting the Auditor to study the social and financial impact of mandatory health insurance coverage for use of the LG1 Intelligent Medical Vigilance System (LG1).

     The Healthcare Association of Hawaii and Hoana Medical, Inc. supported this concurrent resolution.

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Identifying that, S.B. No. 409, which is moving through the legislative process, provides for medical insurance coverage for the use of the LG1; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Consumer Protection & Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 209, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 209, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Consumer Protection & Commerce,

____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair

____________________________ JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair