STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1479-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 172
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
172 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ASSESS THE
     PREVALENCE AND CURRENT TREATMENT OF HEAD LICE IN HAWAII'S
     SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Department of Health and the Department of Education to assess
the prevalence and current treatment of head lice in Hawaii's
schools.

     Comments on this measure were received by the Department of
Education.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its
title and contents with that of HCR 101, a similar measure
concerning head lice.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 172,
as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 172, H.D. 1.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair