STAND. COM. REP. 114
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 244
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 244 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Appropriate funds to retain full-time registered nurses within the Department of Health (DOH) to provide health services at public schools; and
(2) Require DOH to permanently create full-time registered nurse positions for public schools.
The Hawaii Nurses' Association and numerous concerned citizens testified in support of this measure. The Department of Education, DOH, and the Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee recognizes that health care for public school students is vital to proper education. Additionally, your Committee would like to ensure that there is an adequate number of registered nurses serving Hawaii's public schools.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, conformity, and style.
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. 244, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 244, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Education.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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