STAND. COM. REP. NO. 41

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 199

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 199 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING PILOT PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a colorectal screening pilot program to increase awareness of colorectal cancer and promote the early detection of colorectal cancer.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Medical Association and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Human Services.

     Your Committees find that colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer-related cause of death of men and women in the United States.  The colorectal screening pilot program created by this measure will increase awareness of colorectal cancer and increase the chances of detecting colorectal cancer in individuals who are at greater risk for colorectal cancer, thereby improving their chances of survival.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Extending the sunset date of the pilot program to June 30, 2017;

     (2)  Making a conforming amendment to extend the Department of Health's reporting requirement; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 199, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 199, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair