STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1051

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 199

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 199, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate early detection of colorectal cancer and assist individuals who have been diagnosed with it by establishing the two-year Hawaii Colorectal Cancer Screening Awareness Pilot Program.

The Department of Health, The Queen's Health Systems, Hawaii Medical Association, and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network testified in support of this measure.

     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 S.B. No. 199, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair