STAND. COM. REP. NO.  809

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1131

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1131, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL ENTRANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve the overall health of children by requiring children to have a dental examination prior to entering any elementary, middle or intermediate, or high school for the first time in the State with specified provisions for a child with a developmental disability.

 

     The Department of Health and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Education and two concerned individuals opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the specified provisions for a child with a developmental disability;

 

(2)  Lengthening the time, from thirty days to ninety days, in which a child must obtain the required immunizations or physical or dental examination before the child's parent or guardian is notified that the child will not be admitted to school;

 

(3)  Specifying that the provisions in this                               bill apply beginning with the 2015-2016 school year;

 

(4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate continued discussion; and

 

(5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1131, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1131, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair