STAND. COM. REP. NO.  597-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2829

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2829, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the health and safety of persons who work or receive health care services in a hospital by requiring, among other things:

(1)  Hospitals to report hospital-acquired infection rates; and

(2)  The Department of Health (DOH) to establish procedures for collecting infection rate information and disclosing it to the public.

     Consumers Union and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Medical Service Association provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2829, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair