STAND. COM. REP. 1304

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.R. No. 109

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.R. No. 109 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING TO ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HAWAII PALLIATIVE CARE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to request the Executive Office on Aging to establish an Advisory Commission on Hawaii Palliative Care and Pain Management (Commission) to provide Hawaii residents with access to the highest possible quality of palliative care and pain management.

The Hawaii Catholic Conference, Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association, Compassion in Dying, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Family Forum, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure. The Executive Office on Aging opposed this measure.

Your Committees have amended this resolution by:

(1) Changing its title to read: "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HAWAII PALLIATIVE CARE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT";

(2) Requesting the Department of Health (DOH) to establish the Commission;

(3) Allowing DOH to determine the number of members on the Commission;

(4) Including representatives from each of the counties, adult residential care homes, hospice programs, pharmacists, doctors, and nurses on the Commission;

(5) Sending certified copies of this resolution to the Executive Director of the Hawaii Medical Association and President of the Hawaii Nurses' Association; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

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 concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 109, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 109, H.D. 1.

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

 

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair