STAND. COM. REP. 544

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 279

 

 

 

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.B. No. 279 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to codify the Department of Health's (DOH) Public Health Nursing Services Program (Program) into the Hawaii Revised Statutes and thereby recognize its roles and functions in the delivery of direct clinical nursing services to the people of Hawaii.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by DOH, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council, Child Welfare Services State Advisory Council, East Kauai Lions Club, and over two dozen individuals.

This Program is prominently involved in the provision of services for the prevention and control of communicable diseases, immunization activities, and immediate response to epidemics and other catastrophic disasters and traumatic emergencies in the community.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 279 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and 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