STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1284-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3367

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 3367, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an Early Lung Cancer Screening Task Force to research what steps and resources are necessary to increase early lung cancer screening in Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Department of Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i, Papa Ola Lōkahi, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Primary Care Association, American Lung Association, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute, Hawai‘i Public Health Association, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and State Procurement Office.

Your Committee finds that, according to the American Lung Association's 2021 State of Lung Cancer report, lung cancer is the number one killer of men and women in Hawaii. Your Committee further finds that the same report ranks Hawaii last in the nation for the early diagnosis of lung cancer, with just 2.8 percent of high-risk people in Hawaii undergoing annual computerized tomography scans, compared to 5.7 percent nationally. This measure promotes greater cancer screening and prevention efforts in the State by creating an Early Lung Cancer Screening Task Force to identify the steps and resources necessary to increase early lung cancer screening in Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to encourage further 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, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3367, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3367, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,

____________________________

RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair