STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3469

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 202

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 202, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A WORKING GROUP TO RECOMMEND WAYS TO REDUCE INCIDENTS OF SEPSIS AND SEPSIS DEATHS IN THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Director of Health to convene a working group to recommend ways to reduce incidents of sepsis and sepsis deaths in the State.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Kaiser Permanente, and Community Alliance for Mental Health.

     Your Committee finds that sepsis is a severe infection that is spread through the bloodstream and can be triggered by any kind of infection, including bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal infections.  Since the infection can develop quickly, immediate detection and treatment are critical.  Your Committee further finds that the majority of sepsis cases occur among elderly, immune-compromised, and critically ill individuals.  This measure is critical for reducing incidents of sepsis, which is among the leading causes of death in the United States.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 202, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 202, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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JOSH GREEN, Chair