CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 149-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3367

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3367, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to create an Early Lung Cancer Screening Task Force to research the steps and resources necessary to increase early lung cancer screening in the State.

Your Committee on Conference finds that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for men and women in Hawaii, yet Hawaii ranks last in the nation for the early diagnosis of lung cancer. Your Committee on Conference also finds that the United States Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that smokers and former smokers who are at high risk of developing lung cancer undergo computerized tomography scans. An annual lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography is now recommended for adults ages fifty to eighty years who have a twenty pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past fifteen years. Thus, there is a need to research, plan, and implement early lung cancer screening in the State. This measure establishes the Early Lung Cancer Screening Task Force to accomplish these goals.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000 for the Early Lung Cancer Screening Task Force;

(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2022; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3367, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3367, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Chair
____________________________ ADRIAN K. TAM Co-Chair	____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair