STAND. COM. REP. NO. 88

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 841

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 841 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve the delivery of school health services by establishing an interagency working group to create a comprehensive school health program.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Department of Health, and Hawaii Primary Care Association.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from one individual.

     Your Committees find that the health and well-being of Hawaii's school children is important to their success in school and in life.  Collaboration between the Department of Education and Department of Health to address various issues related to school health is important to meet student needs and support student success.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by expanding the scope of the working group to include topics regarding the administration of auto-injectable epinephrine, care of students with diabetes, and the need for mental health counselors, nurses, and health aides.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 841, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 841, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Health,

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair

____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair