STAND. COM. REP. NO. 936

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1522

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1522 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Education for the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and two individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Hawaii Primary Care Association.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Keiki Healthy and Ready to Learn Program improves access to and increases the quality of the health services available to the State's public school students.

It is the intent of your Committee that the program established pursuant to this measure not be in any way construed to preclude or limit the receipt of federal funds to establish school-based clinics pursuant to grants or any other financial arrangements with federally qualified health centers or rural health clinics.

Your Committee recommends that the Department of Education partner with the Public Health Nursing Branch of the Department of Health to ensure that services are not duplicative of those performed by school-based clinics or other service providers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1522, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1522, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair