Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 92, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Health and Department of Education to undertake certain functions with respect to children suffering from disorders that affect their ability to learn.

Specifically, this concurrent resolution requests the Department of Health and the Department of Education to jointly research and examine non-medication alternatives to dealing with children who have difficulty paying attention, have difficulty learning, and display hyperactive behavior, including reallocation of resources to non-medication programs of social, recreational, educational, athletic, artistic, and cultural activities.

Your Committees find that education of Hawaii's youngsters continues to be a high priority for state government. The State needs to provide competent services to children with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and provide them with educational programs that can maximize the child's potential, given whatever physical, mental, or emotional conditions exist. Whether medication is necessary or excessive is not an issue that can be taken lightly. Therefore your Committees find that a study such as is proposed in this resolution is important and necessary to protect Hawaii's school age children and to assist in the development of their learning skills.

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 concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 92, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.