STAND. COM. REP. NO.  181-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2349

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2349 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to deter assault and terroristic threatening against emergency medical personnel by extending protection coverage to include physicians, physician's assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners who provide emergency care in the emergency room of a hospital.

     The Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Government Employees Association, The Queen's Medical Center, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Kaiser Permanente 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 H.B. No. 2349 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair