STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1638

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 181
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to
which was referred H.C.R. No. 181 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HEALTH TO MONITOR ALL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES,
     HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, AND PHARMACIES IN THE STATE,
     INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS, TO
     ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MADE YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT OR HAVE
     MADE PROVISION TO ACHIEVE YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE TO PREVENT
     POSSIBLE DISRUPTION TO PATIENT SERVICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to prevent
possible disruption to patient services by requesting the
Department of Health (DOH) to monitor all hospital and health
care facilities, health care providers, and pharmacies in the
State, including DOH's own operations and programs, to ensure
that they have been made Year 2000 compliant or have made
provisions to achieve Year 2000 compliance.

     DOH commented on this measure, stating that DOH started its
Year 2000 compliance program in 1996 and is nearly finished with
its activities to remediate any noncompliant system or situation
within DOH related to microprocessor problems with the Year 2000
date.  However, DOH testified that they lack the necessary
resources to monitor the Year 2000 compliance activities of all
private facilities in the State.


 
 
 
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     Your Committees are sensitive to the additional funds needed
to comply with this request, and therefore, encourages DOH to
collaborate with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and
pharmaceutical associations and distributors to complete the
scope of this concurrent resolution.  Your Committees have also
requested from DOH the probable cost of monitoring the Year 2000
compliance activities of all private health care facilities in
the State.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are
attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent
and purpose of H.C.R. No. 181, and recommend that it be referred
to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Human Services
                                   and Housing and Health,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair       DENNIS ARAKAKI, Chair