CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 55

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 10

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 10, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

The purpose of this measure is to support student health by, among other things:

 

     (1)  Authorizing Department of Education (DOE) employees and agents to volunteer to administer:

 

          (A)  Insulin, or assist a student in administering insulin via the insulin delivery system that the student uses;

 

          (B)  Glucagon in an emergency situation to students with diabetes; or

 

          (C)  Auto-injectable epinephrine in an emergency situation to students with anaphylaxis;

 

     (2)  Allowing students to perform required diabetes self-monitoring and self-treatment activities; and

 

     (3)  Allowing advanced practice registered nurses to provide certain written certifications regarding the administration of medication to students by themselves or by others.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended the measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2015.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 10, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 10, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Co-Chair

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BREENE HARIMOTO, Co-Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair