STAND. COM. REP. NO.  525-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2865

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2865 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIABETES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to permanently establish the Department of Health's Diabetes Prevention and Control Program.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, American Diabetes Association, Aupini O Hawaii, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting provisions that:

(1)  Establish a diabetes and obesity prevention task force;

(2)  Require the task force to report its findings and recommendations on diabetes and obesity prevention, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013; and

(3)  Dissolve the task force on July 1, 2013.

     Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2865, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2865, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair