CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 150-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2822

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2822, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ASTHMA,"

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 authorize the Department of Education to offer optional asthma education instruction to students and provide asthma training to teachers and other department employees who interact with students.

Your Committee on Conference finds that a substantial number of Hawaii residents are living with asthma and many are children. Your Committee on Conference further finds that research suggests that students who engage in school-based asthma education experienced significantly fewer days with activity limitations and significantly fewer nights of sleep disturbance after participation in the intervention. Accordingly, this measure authorizes the Department of Education to offer optional asthma education instruction to students and provide training to teachers and other department employees to ensure students with asthma are able to thrive in all environments.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2022.

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 S.B. No. 2822, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2822, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Co-Chair
____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair	____________________________ BENNETTE MISALUCHA Co-Chair