STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2538

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2993

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2993 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Align Hawaii law with federal regulations; and

(2) Improve and expedite the certification process for commercial driver's license holders who are treating diabetes with insulin by repealing obsolete wording in section 286-236(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that an amendment to section 49 383.41(b), Code of Federal Regulations, removed the requirement for commercial driver's license holders who are treating diabetes mellitus with insulin to obtain a medical waiver in addition to their periodic medical examination. Your Committee additionally finds that rather than using a waiver, the medical examiner who examines the driver will confer with the driver's treating clinician, evaluate the driver's medical records and decide whether the driver's medical condition will have an adverse effect on the person's ability to drive safely. Additionally, your Committee finds that if the driver satisfies the medical requirements, a medical examiner's certificate with no indication of a waiver will be issued to the driver. However, if the driver does not meet the requirements, a certificate will not be issued. This measure will expedite the certification process for those commercial driver's license holders who are treating diabetes with insulin.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2993 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair