STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1382

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 211

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 211 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CANVASS LEGISLATION IN OTHER STATES TARGETED SPECIFICALLY AT REDUCING NEGATIVE MEDICAL OUTCOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to improve patient safety and reduce other possible negative outcomes of medical care.

     Specifically, this measure requests the Legislative Reference Bureau to study legislation and existing laws from other states relating to reducing negative medical outcomes.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii and the Hawaii Medical Association.  The Legislative Reference Bureau submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that patient safety is of the utmost importance.  Your Committee further finds that an examination of legislation of other States targeted at reducing negative medical outcomes could help the efforts of local health care stakeholders to continue improvements in patient safety measures in Hawaii.

     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 S.C.R. No. 211 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair