STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1602-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2821

      H.D. 3

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. 2821, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MORTALITY REVIEW OF DEATHS OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reduce the incidence of preventable deaths of persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities by, among other things:

     (1)  Authorizing the Department of Health to conduct multidisciplinary and multiagency mortality reviews of deaths of persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities; and

     (2)  Requiring all providers of medical care or other services and State and county agencies to disclose adult death review information to the Department of Health and to those individuals appointed by the Director of Health to participate in the mortality review being conducted, upon written request of the Director of Health.

The Department of Health and State Council on Developmental Disabilities testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  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 S.B. No. 2821, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2821, H.D. 3.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair