CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 34-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    H.B. No. 2575

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2575, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAUMA,"

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 ensure quality care is provided in the state's trauma care facilities by giving statewide emergency and trauma system multidisciplinary quality assurance and peer review subcommittees convened and conducted by the Department of Health (DOH) for the purposes of making system improvements, peer review protections similar to those applicable to peer review committees formed by hospitals and health maintenance organizations.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1)  Deleting:

(A)  Provisions authorizing DOH to form multidisciplinary peer review committees; and

(B)  Duplicative provisions regarding quality assurance committees' access to patient care records and system performance data for the purpose of making recommendations to DOH for statewide trauma system improvements;

and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for 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 H.B. No. 2575, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2575, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair	____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair