STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1198-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2104

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 2104, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enhance organ donor registration by:

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Health (DOH) to contract for the establishment of a statewide organ donor registry (Registry) that will compile organ donor information into a centralized database and make the information available to family members and physicians;

     (2)  Requiring that, as a future option, the Registry will allow individuals to register as organ donors through an online process; and

     (3)  Appropriating funds for the establishment of the Registry.

     The Organ Donor Center of Hawaii, Hawaii Coalition on Donation, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii, United Filipino Council of Hawaii, Nursing Advocates and Mentors, Inc., National Federation of Filipino American Associations Region XII, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, Filipino American Citizens League, Philippine Nurses Association-Hawaii, AIM Healthcare Institute, Case Management Professionals, Inc., and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. DOH provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Stipulating that the monies for the Registry be appropriated as a grant; and

     (2)  Providing a mechanism whereby funds will not be released for the Registry if the Registry receives funds from federal or private funding sources, or a combination of these sources.

     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 S.B. No. 2104, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2104, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair