STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3096

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 40

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 40 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE WORKING GROUP TO EXPLORE STRATEGIES TO ENSURE ALL ADULTS EXECUTE AN ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish an advance health care directive working group to:

     (1)  Explore strategies to ensure all adults execute an advance health care directive; and

     (2)  Submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hospice Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that an advance health care directive is a premade set of instructions concerning decisions about a person's medical treatment and health issues if the person is later unable to make medical decisions.  Your Committee further finds that when adults have advance health care directives, there is greater certainty for hospitals and other health care facilities regarding the appropriate medical treatment of individuals consistent with their medical preferences.

     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 S.C.R. No. 40 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

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

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JOSH GREEN, Chair