STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1162

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 77

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 77 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RENAMING MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN HONOR OF REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT H. "BOB" NAKASONE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to rename Maui Memorial Medical Center in honor of the late Representative Robert H. "Bob" Nakasone.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Senator Josh Green M.D., 3rd District.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that Representative Nakasone championed the improvement of health care for the island of Maui and that without his work and persistence much health care advancement for the island of Maui would not have been realized.  As such, your Committee finds that it is important to pay tribute to Representative Nakasone and his legacy by naming one of the Maui medical facilities in his honor.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to allow for the exploration of other appropriate honors for Representative Nakasone, such as naming the new Heart, Brain, and Spine Center or the Maui Memorial Emergency Department in his honor.

     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 S.C.R. No. 77, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 77, S.D. 1.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair