STAND. COM. REP. NO. 388-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1917
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Health, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1917 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a comprehensive
school health system that promotes the healthy development of all
students.

     The bill aims to accomplish this by establishing a
comprehensive school health demonstration project and a
Department of Health and Department of Education joint planning
committee to coordinate a phased implementation of the
comprehensive school health demonstration program.  The system is
to integrate programs, services, resources, and funding.  The
demonstration project is to operate at least one comprehensive
school health program in each of the seven departmental school
districts.  The joint planning committee is to report progress to
the Legislature before the convening of the Regular Session of
2001.

     The Department of Health is to report prior to the convening
of the Regular Sessions of 2002 and 2003.  The bill, if enacted,
is to be repealed on June 30, 2003.  Finally, the bill
appropriates separate unspecified amounts for fiscal year 2000-

 
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2001 for the Department of Health and the Department of Education
for the demonstration project.

     Your Committees believe that good health is critically
important to learning and development and that the comprehensive
approach embodied in this bill will not only address the growing
needs of our school children but will also do so in a more
streamlined and efficient manner.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of the bill
from the Department of Health, the Hawaii State Primary Care
Association, the HGEA-AFSCME, and the Hawaii Nurses' Association.
Testimony from the Hawaii State Teachers Association supports the
concept of the bill.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Health that are attached to this
report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1917 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Health,
                                   
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH                COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair       KEN ITO, Chair

 
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