STAND. COM. REP. NO.  351-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2556

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2556 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the disposition of dead human bodies by:

 

(1)  Repealing the authority of the Department of Health to deliver or distribute any unclaimed dead human body to a university, hospital, or institution for medical education and research purposes; and

 

(2)  Setting forth the responsibilities of the person or entity that has possession, charge, or control of an unclaimed dead human body with respect to gathering and providing information to state agencies.  

 

     The Department of Health and the Department of Human Services testified in support of this measure.  

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2556, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2556, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair