STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1740

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 194

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 194, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TUBERCULOSIS TESTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Health and the Department of Education to accept the results of any tuberculosis blood test that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for purposes of obtaining a Certificate of Tuberculosis Examination and for clearance to attend public schools.

The Department of Health supported the intent of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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. 194, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 194, H.D. 2.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair