STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3487

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 202

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 202, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A WORKING GROUP TO RECOMMEND WAYS TO REDUCE INCIDENTS OF SEPSIS AND SEPSIS DEATHS IN THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Director of Health to convene a working group to recommend ways to reduce incidents of sepsis and sepsis deaths in the State.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Healthcare Association of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that sepsis is among the leading causes of death in the United States, and preventive measures are needed immediately to address this rising health problem.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 202, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair