CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 37-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2304

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2304, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NEUROTRAUMA ADVISORY BOARD,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the Neurotrauma Advisory Board (Board) to function more efficiently and effectively by, among other things:

 

(1)  Decreasing the number of members on the Board from 21 members to 11 members;

 

(2)  Authorizing the Director of Health to appoint to the Board, up to three state and county representatives whose work relates to neurotrauma, to be ex officio, nonvoting members of the Board; and

 

(3)  Establishing quorum requirements for the Board.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2014.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2304, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2304, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair