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Senate committees back funding to sustain Maui wildfire exposure study and health registry
Summary
A joint Senate committee voted to pass SB2969 with amendments to support the Maui wildfire exposure study and the Maui health registry, after survivors and health workers described ongoing physical and mental‑health needs identified in the program’s screenings.
A joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Health and Human Services voted Feb. 11 to advance SB2969, a bill to appropriate funds for the University of Hawai‘i to expand and sustain the Maui wildfire exposure study and the Maui health registry.
Supporters — including Dana Moore, a Kanaka Maoli nurse who identified herself as the founder of Hawaii Community Health — told lawmakers the August 8, 2023, fires produced ongoing trauma and emerging health impacts that the…
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