STAND. COM. REP. NO. 128

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1002

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness and Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 1002 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Health for the State of Hawaii COVID-19 vaccination plan.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health and Hawaii Primary Care Association.

Your Committees find that the coronavirus disease 2019 (C0VID-19) pandemic has devastated the world, taking more than 450,000 lives in the United States alone. However, the deployment of multiple vaccinations across the world has helped reduce the spread of the disease and saved many lives. Your Committees further find that the Department of Health will require significant logistical support to manage the rapid distribution and dispensing of COVID-19 vaccines. This measure will assist the Department of Health in providing the vaccines to residents of the State by providing necessary funds to implement a vaccination plan.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness and Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1002, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1002, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness and Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair