STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1278-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3076

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. 3076 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect public health and safety and ensure the Department of Health (DOH) is adequately prepared to handle epidemiological investigations by authorizing DOH to create exempt positions for epidemiologists.

     DOH testified in support of this bill.

     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. 3076 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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