Bill Text: HI SCR142 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 142 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	142
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the department of transportation to assess the incidence of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents and associated medical costs.

WHEREAS, alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents are a persistent problem in the State; and

WHEREAS, these accidents have a devastating impact on victims, their families, and society in general; and

WHEREAS, providing medical treatment to the victims of alcohol-related accidents can also be very costly; and

WHEREAS, these accidents are virtually always preventable; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to better understand the number, impact, and cost of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents in the State; and

WHEREAS, quantifying the effects of these accidents 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 Transportation is requested to assess the incidence of alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents 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 cooperate and assist with the assessment; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation 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 Transportation and the Dean of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.