STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1610-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.B. No. 2557
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2557, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONCUSSIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to address the issue of concussion management in youth athletics by:
(1) Expanding the Concussion Educational Program established by Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to include athletic events and activities for all participants aged 11 to 18 in addition to high school–sponsored athletics and incorporate additional concussion protocol and program requirements;
(2) Appropriating funds for the development and implementation of the concussion monitoring and education program for school athletics and concussion testing of high school athletes; and
(3) Appropriating funds for the implementation of a concussion awareness program for State public school students who are aged 11 to 13.
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. 2557, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 |
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