STAND. COM. REP. NO. 309

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 984

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 984 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE PACIFIC RENAL CARE FOUNDATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to Pacific Renal Care Foundation.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Pacific Renal Care Foundation.

     Your Committee finds that there are currently 156,000 Hawaii residents suffering from chronic kidney disease and over 3,000 patients receiving life-sustaining dialysis treatment throughout the State.  Your Committee further finds that according to the National Kidney Foundation, these statistics indicate an incidence of this disease in Hawaii that is higher than the national average.  This measure provides needed funding to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease through prevention and wellness outreach programs.

     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. 984 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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JOSH GREEN, Chair