STAND. COM. REP. NO. 795
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 10
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 10, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to support student health by:
(1) Authorizing Department of Education (DOE) employees and agents, in an emergency situation, to volunteer to administer:
(A) Insulin, or assist a student in administering insulin via the insulin delivery system that the student uses, in addition to glucagon; and
(B) Auto-injectable epinephrine to students with anaphylaxis;
(2) Allowing students to perform required diabetes self-monitoring and self-treatment activities pursuant to the student’s medical management plan; and
(3) Allowing advanced practice registered nurses to provide certain written certifications regarding the administration of medication to students.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 10, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 10, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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