CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 179-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2958

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2958, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant, pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children to implement a peripheral blood stem cell/apheresis program. 

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the closure of the Hawaii Medical Center facilities has terminated the State's ability to provide bone marrow transplantation services, which are used to treat patients with leukemia, aplastic anemia, lymphomas, some solid tumors, and various other medical conditions.  Given the critically important nature of the transplantation services that are now missing in Hawaii, efforts to implement a program are immediately necessary.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Replacing references to the peripheral blood stem cell/apheresis program with references to an apheresis stem cell collection program to support pediatric bone marrow transplantation to serve all young children to adulthood;

 

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $500,000;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2958, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2958, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair

 

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair

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DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair