STAND. COM. REP. 352

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 244

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 Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 244, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Appropriate funds to retain full-time registered nurses within the Department of Health (DOH) to provide health services at public schools; and

(2) Require DOH to permanently create full-time registered nurse positions for public schools.

The Department of Education, DOH, and Hawaii Government Employees Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that registered nurses are needed in the public schools to attend to the growing numbers of students requiring medical assistance. These nurses can also be a significant part of efforts in the public schools to provide preventive, educational health services to students.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 244, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair