STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1559-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.R. No. 309

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.R. No. 309 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THE RESIDENTS OF KALAUPAPA AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE LIVING IN ISOLATION ON THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI AND FOR BEING SEPARATED FROM SOCIETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to acknowledge the hardships endured by the patients with Hansen's disease living in the remote northern Kalaupapa peninsula on the island of Molokai by expressing gratitude to the residents of Kalaupapa and their families for the sacrifices they made living in isolation on the island of Molokai and for being separated from society.

     The Department of Health supports this resolution.

     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 H.R. No. 309 and recommends its adoption.

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

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair