STAND. COM. REP. NO.  593-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2400

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2400 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY DISABILITY BENEFITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage organ donation and increase the pool of organ donors by providing temporary disability benefits to any employee who suffers a disability as a result of donating an organ.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; The Queen's Medical Center; and an individual supported this measure.  The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Department of Human Resources Development commented on this measure.  

     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. 2400 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

____________________________

SYLVIA LUKE, Chair