STAND. COM. REP. NO.  542-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2913

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2913 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KIDNEY DISEASE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide necessary treatment for chronic kidney patients and end-stage renal disease patients in rural areas of the state by appropriating funds for the development and implementation of the modified home care and community health demonstration project.

     The St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2913 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair