STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2280

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2064

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2064 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JURY SERVICE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt psychologists from jury service in order to better serve the residents of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Koolauloa Community Health Center and Wellness Center and seven individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii State Judiciary and The League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that there is a severe shortage of psychologists in this State, particularly in rural areas.  Exempting psychologists from jury service will serve to better protect the public health by avoiding a disruption in patient care.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2064 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

 


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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair