STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1688

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 22

      H.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 H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INCLUDE HEALTH AS A PRIORITY IN LAND USE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to achieve transportation and land use policies that promote health by requesting the Department of Health to establish a Health Community Design Task Force to develop legislative recommendations that integrate improving health as a priority in land use planning and transportation decisions.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Health supported this measure with amendments.  The Office of Planning and the Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure.  The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Adding the Director of the Office of Planning or the Director's designee to the task force membership;

(2)  Specifying that a certified copy of this measure be transmitted to the Director of the Office of Planning; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 22, H.D. 2.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair