STAND. COM. REP. NO.  901-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 930

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 930, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure access to volunteer professional medical services by providing medical expenses and immunity from civil liability for licensed medical personnel providing volunteer assistance services on behalf of the State or a county.

     The Department of Health and Hawaii Medical Association testified in support of this bill. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Including physician assistants in the types of volunteer medical assistance personnel covered by the provisions of this bill; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 930, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 930, H.D. 2.

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

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair