STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1549-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 2818
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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2818, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Repealing the authority of the Department of Health to deliver or distribute an unclaimed dead human body to a university, hospital, or institution for medical education and research purposes; and
(2) Clarifying the responsibilities of the person who has possession, charge, or control of an unclaimed dead human body with respect to gathering and providing information to state agencies.
The Department of Health and the Department of Human Services testified in support of this measure.
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 S.B. No. 2818, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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