Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 740 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to statutorily establish the Department of Health's public health nursing services program and set out some of the various duties of the program.

Your Committee finds that the department established the program in 1923 to provide communicable disease control, infant welfare services, and nutrition services. At present, the program continues to be involved in the prevention and control of communicable diseases, immunization activities, and immediate response to epidemics and other catastrophic disasters and traumatic emergency events in the community.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 740 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.