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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                    HOUSE  CONCURRENT 
                        RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF
   IMPLEMENTING A STATEWIDE SCREENING AND EARLY TREATMENT
   PROGRAM FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE.



 1       WHEREAS, the latest estimates by the Center for Disease
 2   Control (CDC) indicate that 15 million Americans become newly
 3   infected with a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) each year,
 4   yet these diseases remain one of the most under recognized
 5   health threats in the Nation; and
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 7       WHEREAS, there are severe reproductive consequences for
 8   persons infected with an undiagnosed and untreated STD; and
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10       WHEREAS, these consequences include infertility,
11   potentially fatal tubal pregnancies, and increased
12   susceptibility to the HIV virus; and
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14       WHEREAS, improved diagnosis and treatment of STDs is vital
15   to reduce the severe consequences of these diseases and stem
16   the HIV epidemic; and
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18       WHEREAS, most STDs can now be cured with a single dose of
19   antibiotics
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21       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
22   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
23   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health
24   study the feasibility of implementing a mobile STD Screening
25   and Treatment Clinic to visit the outer islands monthly or
26   semi-monthly; and
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28       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health submit
29   its findings and conclusions to the Legislature twenty days
30   prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2000; and
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32       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this
33   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health.
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