Bill Text: HI SCR99 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene An Interdepartmental Working Group To Address The Lack Of Consolidated, Consistent Health Screening Programs In Public Schools For Children In The State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-11 - The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Perruso, DeCoite, D. Kobayashi, Ohno, Quinlan, Tarnas, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Johanson, Okimoto. [SCR99 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SCR99-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF CONSOLIDATED, CONSISTENT HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN IN THE STATE.
WHEREAS, chronic absenteeism, poor health, and delayed or limited access to health care and preventive health services continue to hinder students' academic success and schools' ability to meet the needs of the whole child; and
WHEREAS, school based health programs support the Department of Education in achieving student, school, and system success by providing school health services to public school children in complex areas across the State; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Education works with other state agencies and partners with health care and education organizations, interest groups, and families to improve attendance, behavior, and course marks; and
WHEREAS, these improvements are achieved by a network of school-community partnerships to improve access to and coordinate wrap-around services and address non-school factors that impede student success; and
WHEREAS, through school based health and community partnerships, the Departments of Health and Human Services have identified the extent of services provided within each department that are targeted to public school children and the need to coordinate internal departmental activity and cross-departmental efforts to develop sustainable school based health services; and
WHEREAS, vision, oral health, and behavioral health services are in high demand for school-aged children; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii has the highest prevalence of tooth decay in third grade children with seventy-one percent affected, well beyond the national average of fifty-two percent; and
WHEREAS, of high school children, twenty-nine percent have not visited a dentist in the past twelve months; and
WHEREAS, additionally, more than sixty percent of children in the State lack protective dental sealants, which are a cost effective means to prevent tooth decay; and
WHEREAS, similarly, approximately one in five children will naturally need glasses to participate fully in school, yet thirty-five percent of children have never seen an eye care professional; and
WHEREAS, one out of seven children ages two to eight years were diagnosed with a mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder, and between five and nine percent of children ages five to seventeen years have a serious emotional disturbance; and
WHEREAS, a significant gap in the current Hawaii health care system exists for effective awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of behavioral health conditions at all levels, including for school-aged children; and
WHEREAS, the school based health programs and services provided to public school children through a network of school-community partnerships are an effective means to continue collaboration between health, human services, and education policymakers and health care providers to achieve sustainable, achievable, and comprehensive improvements to the environments in which community members learn, live, work, and play, so that academic and health outcomes of Hawaii's public school students can be achieved; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Health is requested to convene an interdepartmental working group to address the lack of consolidated, consistent health screening programs in public schools for children in the State; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group include the following:
(1) A representative from the Department of Health;
(2) A representative from the Department of Human Services;
(3) A representative from the Department of Education;
(4) A representative from Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn;
(5) A representative from the Hawaii Primary Care Association;
(6) A representative from Project Vision Hawaii;
(7) A representative from the Hawaii Lions Foundation;
(8) A representative from Hawaii Dental Service; and
(9) Health care provider representatives, including but not limited to pediatric primary care doctors and nurses, eye care professionals, audiologists, dentists, dental hygienists, and behavioral health specialists; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Reference Bureau is requested to assist the working group with finalizing the working group's report and drafting any proposed legislation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group is requested to submit its draft report to the Legislative Reference Bureau no later than September 1, 2019; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group is requested to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2020; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, Director of Health, Director of Human Services, Superintendent of Education, Executive Director of Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn, Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Primary Care Association, Executive Director of Project Vision Hawaii, and President of Hawaii Dental Service.
School Based Health Services; Working Group
