STAND. COM. REP. NO.583
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 284
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 284, 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 insure that Hawaii's public school students receive adequate health care services by appropriating funds to the Department of Health (DOH) for thirty full-time registered nurses to be assigned to individual school complexes.
The Hawaii Nurses Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. DOH and the Department of Education submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.
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. 284, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |