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Committee advances bill to expand Maui wildfire exposure study after broad community support
Summary
The House Higher Education Committee advanced SB 2969 SD1 to fund an expanded Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry for FY26'7, following extensive testimony from health providers, researchers and community groups about ongoing respiratory, mental health and exposure concerns in wildfire-affected communities.
The House Higher Education Committee on Monday advanced SB 2969 SD1, which would appropriate funding to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and the Maui Health Registry into the next fiscal year. Chair (name not specified in the transcript) recommended passage with amendments and a defective effective date to allow further drafting.
Researchers and community health providers urged the committee to pass the bill. Ruben Juarez, professor at UHERO and co'director of the Maui West study, told the committee SB 2969 expands the current project to the next fiscal year and clarified it is the companion to an emergency appropriation the committee considered…
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