STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3016

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2071

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2071, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to fund and establish requirements for public, charter, and private schools regarding the safety and treatment of students with a seizure disorder or who have been prescribed a seizure rescue medication.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Primary Care Association, Special Education Advisory Council, Hawaii FASD Action Group, Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Association for Justice, State Public Charter School Commission, and eighteen individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Education and Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the funding and requirements established by this measure will help to ensure that schools and their faculty are prepared to respond to the health needs of the approximately two thousand school-aged children in Hawaii who have been diagnosed with a seizure disorder.

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. 2071, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair