STAND. COM. REP. NO. 765

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1663
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1663, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to identify possible
environmental contamination by requiring the Department of
Education (DOE) to report suspicious clusters of disease or
illness at a school to the Department of Health (DOH) for
investigation.

     DOE, Life of The Land, and five individuals testified in
support of this measure.  DOH commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1663, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1663, H.D.
2.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair