STAND. COM. REP. 1364

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.R. No. 120

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Higher Education and Health, to which was referred H.R. No. 120 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO REQUIRE ALL STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM TO SHOW PROOF OF FULL IMMUNIZATION AGAINST THE HEPATITIS B VIRUS PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to urge the University of Hawaii (UH) to require all students at UH to show proof of immunization against hepatitis B prior to enrollment.

UH submitted testimony in opposition to this resolution.

Your Committees find that hepatitis B is a serious infection that is often spread through sexual contact or by sharing infected needles. The infection can cause chronic liver disease, which, in some cases, can lead to death. Your Committee finds that UH should take action to ensure that students are vaccinated against this viral disease.

Your Committees have amended this resolution, including its title, by:

(1) Specifying that UH is urged to consider requiring students to show proof of immunization against hepatitis B prior to enrollment; and

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 120, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 120, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair