STAND. COM. REP. 1432
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 740
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 740, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Statutorily establish, in Part I of the bill, the Public Health Nursing Services Program (PHN Program) of the Department of Health (DOH), thereby recognizing the Program's roles and functions in the delivery of direct clinical nursing services to the people of Hawaii; and
(2) Establish a Comprehensive School Health (CSH) program in Part II of the bill that includes;
(a) A comprehensive school health project in each school district;
(b) A joint DOH and Department of Education (DOE) planning committee to plan and coordinate the implementation of CSH services and the CSH program in conjunction with the DOE's comprehensive school support system;
(c) A requirement that DOH apply for federal funds and grants; and
(D) An appropriation of funds for CSH projects and their coordination and administration.
The Hawaii Nurses Association, Parents and Children Together, and several concerned citizens testified in support of this bill. DOH, DOE, Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of the measure and a number of concerned individuals commented.
Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting Part II of the bill, which establishes the CSH program.
Other technical, nonsubtantive amendments were made for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 740, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 740, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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