STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1300

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 91
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 91 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF
     HAWAII SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO FOSTER AN IMPROVED
     PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the University of
Hawaii School of Public Health (UHSPH) to foster an improved
partnership with the Department of Health (DOH).

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the UHSPH.  Informational testimony was received from the
DOH.

     The DOH and the UHSPH have collaborated over the past forty
years, on assessment of needs, development of programs, and
evaluation of those programs, as well as on research and training
of public health professionals in Hawaii.  However, budget
restrictions of the past few years have reduced the extent of
collaboration between the DOH and the UHSPH, resulting in reduced
joint activities to their lowest point in over a decade.
Stronger collaboration and cooperation between the DOH and the
UHSPH affords an opportunity to benefit both organizations and
the general public.  This measure urges the DOH and the UHSPH to
establish goals and objectives to accomplish a more formal
partnership, including development of an action plan to enhance
their collaborative relationship by establishing a more formal

 
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partnership involving joint agreements, activities, and
appointments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure on recommendation of
the UHSPH by:

     (1)  Changing the title to urge the DOH to foster an
          improved partnership with the UHSPH; and

     (2)  Clarifying the relationship between the DOH and the
          UHSPH over the past forty years;

     (3)  Changing from 200 to over 150 the number of graduate
          students with extensive experience and varied
          disciplinary degrees to consult and serve in the
          programs and research of the DOH;

     (4)  Changing from "trained" to "qualified" public health
          personnel to augment teaching and research efforts;

     (5)  Adding "faculty and students" in reference to new
          research and service venues for UHSPH;

     (6)  Deleting reference to joint agreements, activities, and
          appointments; 

     (7)  Placing "Department of Health" before "University of
          Hawaii School of Public Health" in the first Resolved
          clause; and

     (8)  Clarifying the goals and objectives BE IT RESOLVED
          clause.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 91, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Education and Technology, in the
form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 91, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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