STAND. COM. REP. NO.  949-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2235

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2235, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require each public school student to undergo a physical examination within 12 months before or after attending seventh grade.

The Department of Health, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific Health, and a few concerned individuals supported the bill.  The Hawaii Medical Service Association supported the intent of the measure.  A concerned individual opposed the bill.  The Department of Education, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, and a concerned individual submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by requiring that each public school student undergo a physical examination within 12 months before attending seventh grade.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2235, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2235, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Health.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair