STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1082-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2387

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2387, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote students' physical health and well-being by requiring:

 

     (1)  Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, every child entering seventh grade to present written documentation from a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse showing completion of a physical examination performed within 12 months before the date of school attendance;

 

     (2)  The Department of Health to contact, no later than the end of the seventh-grade school year, the parents or guardians of students who have not yet obtained the required physical examination, including, subject to the availability of funds, follow-up consultations about a healthy lifestyle, preventative health care, and health insurance; and

 

     (3)  Appropriating funds for the purposes identified in paragraph (2).


     The Department of Education, Department of Health, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Health, should it choose to advance this measure, to consider the suggestions made by the Department of Health in its testimony.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2387, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Health.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair