STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2121

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 212

      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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 212, S.D. 2, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO CONVENE A TEMPORARY TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE STRATEGIES, OTHER THAN THOSE HAVING TO DO WITH MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LIABILITY AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS, THAT MAY PREVENT THE EXODUS OF PHYSICIANS FROM THE STATE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to prevent the loss of medical doctors from Hawaii by requesting the Director of Health and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Council to convene a temporary task force to examine strategies, other than those having to do with medical malpractice liability and insurance premiums, that may prevent the exodus of physicians from the state.

     The Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii supported this concurrent resolution.  The Department of Health supported this measure with amendments.

     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. 212, S.D. 2, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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