Bill Text: HI SCR142 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Alcohol-related Traffic Accidents; Assessment; Incidence and Medical Costs
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-04-10 - Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 49 [SCR142 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SCR142-Amended.html
|
THE SENATE |
S.C.R. NO. |
142 |
|
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
S.D. 1 |
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ASSESS THE INCIDENCE OF ALCOHOL-RELATED MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND ALCOHOL-RELATED INJURIES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED MEDICAL COSTS.
WHEREAS, alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and alcohol-related injuries are a persistent problem in the State; and
WHEREAS, these accidents and injuries have a devastating impact on victims, their families, and society in general; and
WHEREAS, providing medical treatment to the victims of alcohol-related accidents and alcohol-related injuries can also be very costly; and
WHEREAS, these accidents and injuries are almost always preventable; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to better understand the number, impact, and cost of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and alcohol-related injuries in the State; and
WHEREAS, quantifying the effects of these accidents and injuries will help demonstrate the need for enhanced prevention efforts and to prepare for and address their associated financial costs; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Health is requested to assess the incidence of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and alcohol-related injuries in the State and their associated medical costs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine is requested to collaborate with the Department of Health for purposes of assessing the incidence of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and alcohol-related injuries in the State and their associated medical costs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the police department of each county is requested to assist the Department of Health in providing statistics of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and alcohol-related injuries in each of their respective counties; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2016; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health, the Dean of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and the Police Chief of each county.
Alcohol-related Traffic Accidents; Assessment; Incidence and Medical Costs
