STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1407

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 7

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 7, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE ISSUE OF A CANCER PRESUMPTIVE STATUTE RELATING TO FIREFIGHTERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure the health and safety of fire personnel by convening a Firefighter Cancer Presumptive Task Force to develop recommendations for the enactment of a cancer presumptive statute relating to firefighters.

The Department of Health, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Fire Department of the County of Hawaii, Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Department of Human Resources Development and University of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding the Director of Human Resources Development or the Director's designee to serve on the Firefighter Cancer Presumptive Task Force;

     (2)  Requesting that a certified copy of this measure be transmitted to the Director of Human Resources Development; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 7, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 7, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair