STAND. COM. REP. NO.  214-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3387

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 3387 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to fill the void involving patient care in the field when hospital resources are not available due to proximity, damage, quarantine, or surge capacity.  This bill appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for the Department of Defense (DOD) to begin necessary preparations to establish a mobile emergency hospital unit in Hawaii in cooperation with the Department of Health (DOH) as a shared resource between DOD and DOH.

     The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation supported this bill.  DOD and DOH submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3387, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3387, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs.

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

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair