REPORT TITLE:
Health services

DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for health promotion and disease prevention
programs at twenty high schools, implementation of CHIP and QUEST
programs at school health rooms, community-based primary care
clinics, and Area Health Education Center's matching funds.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH SERVICES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  There is appropriated out of the Hawaii tobacco
 
 2 settlement special fund the sum of $5,000,000 or so much thereof
 
 3 as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 that shall be
 
 4 allocated in the following manner:
 
 5      (1)  $2,000,000 for health promotion and disease prevention
 
 6           programs at twenty high schools using the following
 
 7           criteria:
 
 8           (A)  The school shall have an ongoing peer education
 
 9                program that shall be funded through this
 
10                appropriation;
 
11           (B)  The school shall have already developed or be
 
12                willing to develop a working relationship with a
 
13                community-based health care facility such as a
 
14                primary care clinic;
 
15           (C)  The school shall set aside a dedicated space for a
 
16                health room where a public health nurse and other
 
17                support staff can be located;
 
18           (D)  The school shall agree to offer health services
 
19                not only to the student body, but also to their
 

 
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 1                parents or guardians, families, and other
 
 2                community members at appropriate hours that do not
 
 3                interfere with school operations; and
 
 4           (E)  The school shall participate in the development of
 
 5                an integrated effort with adolescent behavioral
 
 6                health, the children's health insurance program,
 
 7                peer education programs, department of health
 
 8                programs, tobacco control programs, and the
 
 9                University of Hawaii's area health education
 
10                center's health professions education program and
 
11                the John A. Burns School of Medicine community-
 
12                based research initiatives focusing on adolescent
 
13                issues;
 
14      (2)  $2,000,000 to implement a portion of the children's
 
15           health insurance program and QUEST programs at school
 
16           health rooms; provided that:
 
17           (A)  The department of human services agrees to work
 
18                collaboratively with the schools; and
 
19           (B)  No funds shall be released unless matched dollar-
 
20                for-dollar with federal, private, or other funds;
 
21           and
 
22      (3)  $1,000,000 for community-based primary care clinics to
 
23           establish a portion of their operations at high school
 
24           health rooms.
 

 
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 1      The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of
 
 2 education for the purposes of this Act.
 
 3      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the Hawaii tobacco
 
 4 settlement special fund the sum of $500,000 or so much thereof as
 
 5 may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 for the University of
 
 6 Hawaii's John A. Burns School of Medicine to serve as the area
 
 7 health education center; provided that no funds shall be released
 
 8 unless matched dollar-for-dollar with federal, private, or other
 
 9 funds.  The funds appropriated shall be used to train community-
 
10 based health professionals and conduct research that directly
 
11 benefits the students and residents of the schools and
 
12 communities in which they reside.
 
13      The sum appropriated shall be expended by the university of
 
14 Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
 
15      SECTION 3.  (a)  A school-by-school plan for implementation
 
16 of the collaborative efforts required by this Act shall be
 
17 developed by the superintendent of education, the directors of
 
18 health and human services, and the dean of the school of
 
19 medicine.  The plan shall be submitted to the legislature, the
 
20 governor, the board of regents, and the board of education no
 
21 later than September 1, 2000.
 

 
 
 
 
 
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 1      (b)  A final plan of the efforts to implement the
 
 2 collaborative efforts required by this Act shall be submitted to
 
 3 the legislature, the governor, the board of regents, and the
 
 4 board of education no later than March 1, 2001.
 
 5      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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 7                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________