CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 113-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 3076

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3076, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to create up to two permanent or temporary exempt epidemiologist positions.  This bill also requires the Department of Health to report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2009 on the status of creating and filling the positions.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has made the following amendments to S.B. No. 3076, H.D. 1:

     (1)  Expanded the authorization for the creation of epidemiologist positions from two to ten;

     (2)  Removed the language requiring the Department of Health to report to the Legislature; and

     (3)  Made technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3076, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3076, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair
____________________________ JOHN MIZUNO, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair