STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2108

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 202

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 202 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO REVIEW THE STATE'S VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS AND DETERMINE WHETHER VACCINATION FOR PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE FOR CHILDREN ENTERING CHILD CARE SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE CURRENT LIST OF REQUIRED VACCINATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to prevent hospitalizations and deaths from preventable diseases of children by requesting the Department of Health to review the State's vaccination requirements and determine whether vaccination for pneumococcal disease for children entering child care should be added to the current list of required vaccinations.

     The Department of Health opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 202 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair