STAND. COM. REP. NO.  713

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 578

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 578, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve student health by requiring that beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, all children, prior to attending seventh grade, must provide school officials with written documentation of a physical examination performed within 12 months before the date of attendance.

The Department of Education, Department of Health, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hawaii Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Kaiser Permanente Hawaii supported the measure.  The Hawaii Medical Service Association and Hawaii Primary Care Association submitted comments.

     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 H.B. No. 578, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair