STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1720-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 30

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Education, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 30, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION TO COLLABORATE ON EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ABOUT THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO PARENTS OF PUBLIC MIDDLE AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CHILDREN,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health and the Department of Education to:

 

(1)  Collaborate on educational information and materials for distribution about the human papillomavirus vaccine that can be provided to parents of public school children based on recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and

 

(2)  Seek and obtain private or federal funding to assist with the financing of the actions requested by this measure.

 

     The Department of Education, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Hawaii State Democratic Women’s Caucus, American Association of University Women- Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute of Hawaii, and numerous individuals supported this measure. The Department of Health and numerous individuals opposed this measure. Two individuals provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 30, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair