Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Higher Education and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 149 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the University of Hawaii (UH) to require all students at UH to show proof of immunization against hepatitis B prior to enrollment.

UH submitted testimony in opposition to this concurrent resolution.

Your Committees find that hepatitis B is a serious infection that is often spread through sexual contact or by sharing infected needles. The infection can cause chronic liver disease, which, in some cases, can lead to death. Your Committee finds that UH should take action to ensure that students are vaccinated against this viral disease.

Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution, including its title, by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 149, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 149, H.D. 1.