STAND. COM. REP. NO.  301-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2273

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2273 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONCUSSIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help protect the health and safety of student athletes by requiring the Department of Education and Hawaii High School Athletic Association to develop a concussion educational program.

 

     The Department of Education, Department of Health, Hawaii Medical Association, Athletic Directors and Coaches Association, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, Hawaii Athletic Trainers Association, Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2273 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair