STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1335-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2891

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2891, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TELEHEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate the provision of health care services to residents of rural and urban medically underserved areas by establishing a telehealth pilot project to expose health care providers and patients to the benefits, efficacy, and delivery methods of telehealth.

The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, Wahiawa Center for Community Health, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawai‘i Primary Care Association, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and one individual supported this measure. The State Procurement Office provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that the period of performance of all procurements made during this temporary exemption does not exceed the term of the pilot project.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2891, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2891, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair