HI SCR49

Urges the Department of Health to endorse the "Screen at 23" campaign, which recommends screening adult Asian Americans for type 2 diabetes at a body mass index of 23 instead of the current standard of 25.

Notes that approximately 130,000 people (9.1 percent) in Hawaii have diabetes and 442,000 (30.9 percent) have pre-diabetes, with Asian Americans comprising 56.2 percent of Hawaii's population.

Documents that current screening guidelines at BMI 25 miss 32 percent of diabetes diagnoses in Hawaii and that Asian Americans develop diabetes at lower BMI levels than other populations.

States that screening at BMI 23 would identify thousands of new diabetes cases and more than three times that amount of pre-diabetes cases in the state, enabling early intervention and treatment.

Directs the Department of Health to encourage all public and private health care providers and facilities to participate in the "Screen at 23" campaign efforts to increase diabetes awareness and eliminate health disparities among Asian American communities.