STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2440
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2729
S.D. 2
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2729, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMMUNIZATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish and maintain a single repository of immunization records to be designated as the Hawaii Immunization Registry.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, and the Hawaii Medical Service Association. The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that establishing a single statewide repository of immunization records will aid in, and promote, the efficient and cost-effective screening, prevention, and control of vaccine preventable diseases, including pandemic influenza. Your Committee further finds that in the case of patients who change health care providers, the Hawaii Immunization Registry will be accessible by their new provider to ensure that patients receive the immunizations they need, while preventing the administration of unnecessary doses of vaccine.
Your Committee amended this measure by:
(1) Including a savings clause provision as a new section of the bill; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2729, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2729, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair |
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