CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

RE:    S.B. No. 101

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 101, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt the preparation of hand-pounded poi from certain Department of Health requirements regarding food safety, under certain conditions, and to require the Department of Health to adopt rules in order to recognize the preparation of poi using traditional Hawaiian cultural food preparation practices. 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this exemption is necessary to protect Hawaiian cultural practices and urges the Department of Health to expeditiously adopt rules in accordance with this measure. 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Health to adopt rules no later than December 31, 2011, to effectuate this measure; and

     (2)  Making the measure effective upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 101, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 101, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Co-Chair	____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair
____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair