HI HCR211

Department of Health requested to convene a Developmental Screening Task Force to review Aloha United Way's Early Childhood Developmental Screening pilot projects on Oahu and the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center on Disability Studies' evaluation of those projects

Task Force to make findings and recommendations for developing an integrated, universal early childhood developmental screening system in Hawaii

Department of Health must submit report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the 2012 Regular Session convening

Preliminary pilot project data showed 21 percent of screened children had problems requiring follow-up services, indicating potential cost savings of up to $14,000 per child per school year in avoided special education programs

Certified copies to be transmitted to the Director of Health, Chairperson of the Center on Disability Studies at University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and President of Aloha United Way