STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2380

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2862
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Technology and Health and
Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2862 entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide the Department of
Health with the authority to determine health documentation
standards to attend school.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Health, the Department of Education, and a private
citizen.

     Your Committees find that the existing statutes governing
health documentation standards to attend school require that
certification by a physician or advanced practice registered
nurse be provided to prove that a student has been immunized,
passed a physical examination, or has been cleared from having
tuberculosis.  Your Committees find that in some cases, the
certification requirement is too onerous and that the Department
of Health, by rule, would be better able to determine the
appropriate manner and level of documentation necessary to
administer these requirements.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Education and Technology and Health and Human
Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in
accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2862, and

 
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recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Education and
                                   Technology and Health and
                                   Human Services,



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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair        DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 
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