HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

55

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

SUPPORTING H.R. 3680 AND S. 1732 TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO PROVIDE FOR HEALTH DATA REGARDING NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS.

 

 

     WHEREAS, Census 2000 identified nearly a million Native Hawaiians across the nation, with the majority of them living in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, federal legislation, H.R. 3680, was introduced by Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo on September 30, 2009, and was also sponsored by Congresspersons Neil Abercrombie, Eni Faleomavaega, Mazie Hirono, Michael Honda, and Gregorio Sablan; and

 

     WHEREAS, Senator Daniel Inouye also introduced federal legislation, S. 1732, on September 30, 2009, which was co-sponsored by Senator Daniel Akaka and was read and referred to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; and

 

     WHEREAS, these bills, both entitled the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2009, aim to identify and evaluate the health status and healthcare needs of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, thereby establishing baseline health information to achieve equity in health information for those populations; and

 

     WHEREAS, efforts to collect data would be targeted at the major areas and regions in the continental United States, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in which Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander people reside; now, therefore,
     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, that the Legislature supports the passage of H.R. 3680 and S. 1732 to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Hawaii's congressional delegation, Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega, Congressman Michael Honda, and Congressman Gregorio Sablan.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders; Health Data