STAND. COM. REP. NO.1355
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1138
S.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1138, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Strengthen the current mandate for newborn hearing screening; and
(2) Require the Department of Health (DOH) to adopt rules to standardize the newborn hearing screening statewide.
DOH, Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Speech-Language-Hearing Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind, Children's Medical Associates, Inc., Christian Science Committee on Publication for Hawaii, and two individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1138, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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