STAND. COM. REP. NO.  794-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1952

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1952, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds, subject to a dollar-for-dollar match in private funds, as a grant pursuant to Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for Hawaii Pacific Health to establish a bone marrow transplant center in Hawaii.

Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific Health, and American Cancer Society testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified amount;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate ongoing discussion; and

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

     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. 1952, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1952, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair