STAND. COM. REP. NO. 360-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2115
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2115 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALITY ASSURANCE,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to add long-term care facilities, home care agencies, and hospices to the types of organizations that may establish quality assurance committees to monitor and evaluate patient care, and to identify, study, and correct deficiencies and seek improvements in the patient care delivery process.
The Hawaii Long Term Care Association and Healthcare Association of Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this bill.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2115 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing,
____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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