STAND. COM. REP. NO.  225-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2688

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. 2688 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount that the Environmental Health Education Fund (EHEF) may accumulate before transferring the excess into the general fund; and allow the funds to be used for sanitation programs.  This bill also changes the name of the EHEF to the Sanitation and Environmental Health Fund.

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.  The Department of Health provided comments.

     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. 2688 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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