STAND. COM. REP. NO.  227-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2576

      H.D. 1

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. 2576 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMMUNIZATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all of Hawaii's people are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases by authorizing the Department of Health (DOH) to establish and maintain a single repository of immunization records, the "Hawaii Immunization Registry", to aid, coordinate, and help promote efficient and cost-effective screening, prevention, and control of these diseases.

     DOH, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Association of Health Plans, Hawaii Family Forum, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2576, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2576, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair