STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2681

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2896

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2896 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEAD BODIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify prohibited actions related to anatomical gifts.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health and University of Hawai‘i System.

Your Committee finds that this measure will protect vulnerable donors and their loved ones from making anatomical gifts to people or entities other than recipients who are capable of handling bodies with care and respect for legitimate medical or research purposes. Your Committee also finds that this measure will prevent body donations to people or entities who may not take the necessary steps to create a death certificate and obtain a disposition permit for the body.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2896, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2896, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair