Bill Text: HI SB939 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Statewide Fall Prevention Coordinator; Appropriation; Kupuna Caucus

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB939 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB939-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 746

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 939

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 939 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the position of statewide fall prevention and early detection coordinator to develop a statewide approach to addressing falls among the elderly.

 

     Your Committee finds that falls among the elderly are a significant public health issue.  Among the elderly in Hawaii, falls are the leading cause of fatal injuries and injury-related hospitalizations.  The position created by this measure will serve as a focal point for a statewide approach to fall prevention and early detection for the elderly.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate 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 Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 939, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 939, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair