STAND. COM. REP. 1530

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.R. No. 71

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.R. No. 71 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE TURNING POINT INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WORKING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS AND REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EXPLORE HAWAII'S PARTICIPATION IN TURNING POINT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department of Health and the Governor to explore the possibility of Hawaii's participation in the Turning Point initiative.

The Department of Health submitted testimony supporting the intent of this concurrent resolution.

Your Committee finds that the Turning Point initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation; is an organization, established in twenty-three states and forty-one community-level partnerships, seeking to strengthen the public health system at all levels by making it more community based and collaborative.

In addition, your Committee finds that the state-level partners of Turning Point are collaborating to: Influence good public health, expand information technology so data is available to local communities for addressing health concerns and to stimulate state agencies and organizations to develop comprehensive state health plans. Moreover, through intensive research and cooperation, the Turning Point Public Health Statute Modernization National Collaborative has drafted a Model State Public Health Act, designed as a tool for state, local and tribal governments to use in revising or updating public health statutes and administrative rules.

For the foregoing reasons, your Committee finds that this resolution will be a benefit for the health and safety of the citizens of Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 71 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair