STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 747-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 3154

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3154, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect children and pregnant women from the harmful effects of mercury found in many vaccines today by providing that, depending on availability, preference be given to children under 12 and pregnant women not to be administered vaccines containing more than a trace amount of mercury and, for the 2007-2008 flu season, prohibits such vaccinations, to the greatest extent possible, for all.

The Cure Autism Now Foundation, Lanikai School Parent Teacher Association, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill. A concerned individual supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Health opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3154, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3154, H.D. 2.

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

 

		____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair