STAND. COM. REP. NO.  255-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2304

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2304 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NEUROTRAUMA ADVISORY BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the Neurotrauma Advisory Board to function more efficiently and effectively by, among other things:

     (1)  Decreasing the minimum number of Board members from 21 to 11 to facilitate attaining quorum, while still maintaining representation from all advocacy and disability groups currently represented;

     (2)  Establishing quorum requirements for the Board; and

     (3)  Authorizing the Director of Health to appoint to the Board, up to three state and county representatives whose work relates to neurotrauma.

The Department of Health, American Stroke Association, and Family Voices of Hawai‘i supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate discussion; and

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

     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 H.B. No. 2304, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2304, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair