STAND. COM. REP. NO.  303-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2426

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2426 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CANCER TREATMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure appropriate medical treatment for anyone in the state suffering from cancer by requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a program to provide cancer treatment to uninsured cancer patients in Hawaii.

     The American Cancer Society Hawaii Pacific, Inc., supported the intent of this bill.  A concerned individual submitted comments.

     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 H.B. No. 2426 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