STAND. COM. REP. NO.  281-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2661

      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. 2661 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the availability of organ donations by:

(1)  Requiring organ procurement organizations and transplant hospitals to procure and transplant medically suitable organs; and

(2)  Imposing administrative fines and loss of accreditation for failure to comply.

     A concerned individual supported this bill.  The Queen's Medical Center and several concerned individuals opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Deleting provisions that required organ procurement organizations and transplant hospitals to procure and transplant medically suitable organs and imposed administrative fines and loss of accreditation for failure to comply;

(2)  Establishing that any response other than an express refusal by a person or persons authorized to amend or revoke a decision to make an anatomical gift will prohibit the amendment or revocation of the decision to make an anatomical gift; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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. 2661, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2661, H.D. 1, 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