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Committee report: pass with amendments for most health bills; several auditor-study resolutions adopted
Summary
During a March 25 hearing the House Committee on Health substituted House drafts and voted to pass multiple Senate bills with amendments (including SB 2408, SB 3302, SB 2934, SB 2175, SB 2418, SB 3203, SB 2095, SB 2340) and adopted several resolutions; Chair's recommendations were recorded as adopted.
The House Committee on Health concluded its March 25 hearing by moving a set of Senate bills forward—mostly as House drafts—and adopting multiple resolutions after testimony and brief deliberation.
Key committee actions recorded in the hearing: - SB 2408 (compassionate access to medical cannabis): Chair recommended pass with amendments; committee adopted recommendation. - SB 3302 (home farm products): Chair recommended pass with amendments; committee adopted recommendation. - SB 2934 (Central Maui ambulance funding): Chair recommended pass with amendments; committee adopted recommendation and noted a suggested funding amount of $1,750,000 for future committees to consider. - SB 2175 (disposable e-cigarettes): Chair recommended passing with amendments and substitution with HB 2121 (including DOH language on rechargeable batteries); committee adopted recommendation (one member noted reservation). - SB 2418 (drug paraphernalia): Chair recommended pass with amendments (moved as HB 1549); committee adopted recommendation noting some reservations and recorded opposition by some members. - SB 3203 (air medical services): Chair recommended pass with amendments (substitute HB 2508); committee adopted recommendation. - SB 2095 (PFAS working group): Chair recommended pass as is; committee adopted recommendation and noted DOH's $30,000 implementation request in the committee report. - SB 2340 (community foster family homes): Chair recommended pass with amendments (technical and defect date); committee adopted recommendation.
The committee also advanced several auditor-study resolutions (HCR 16, HCR 22, HCR 35, HCR 105 with technical edits) and approved HCR 146/HR 138 with amendments prohibiting the use of 'excited delirium' and like terms in medical/legal contexts and urging counties to adopt similar prohibitions.
All committee vote statements were recorded in the hearing transcript; where recorded, the Chair's recommendation was adopted by the committee.
