CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 200

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 250

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 250, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to formally establish the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program and establish the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Special Fund, provide increased flexibility for the administration of necessary medication to students, provide funding to expand and sustain the program, appropriate funds for an evidence-based vision-screening and eye-assessment tool appropriate for children in kindergarten through grade twelve as part of the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program, and appropriate funds to establish school health services coordinators in the departments of Health and Human Services to increase coordination and facilitate departmental and interdepartmental activities related to comprehensive school-based health services.

After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the provisions that formally established the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn program within the Department of Education;

(2) Deleting the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Special Fund;

(3) Appropriating $752,066 for each year of fiscal biennium 2019-2021 to implement, expand, and sustain the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program;

(4) Appropriating $256,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2019-2021 to license electronic school records;

(5) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2019; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee requests that if there are any remaining funds, they should be expended by the Department of Education, Department of Health, and Department of Human Services for an evidence-based vision-screening and eye-assessment tool appropriate for children in kindergarten through grade twelve as part of the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 250, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 250, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair	____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair
____________________________ DRU MAMO KANUHA Co-Chair	____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO Co-Chair
	____________________________ LISA KITAGAWA Co-Chair