STAND. COM. REP. NO. 39-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2746
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No.
2746 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PEER
     EDUCATION PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the Peer Education
Program which was established to address serious teen health
issues, by appropriating:

     (1)  $520,595 for program maintenance and operating expenses
          of the current twenty-six schools providing peer
          education services; and 

     (2)  $625,250 to add peer education services at ten more
          schools.

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii State
Commission on the Status of Women, the Keiki Injury Prevention
Coalition, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, and numerous
individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of
Health testified in support of the intent of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2746 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Education.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair