HB 672 Summary

• Formally establishes the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn program within the Department of Education to provide school-based wellness and health services from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in collaboration with the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, and University of Hawaii.

• Creates a dedicated special fund (Hawaii Keiki special fund) to receive appropriations, federal grants, private donations, and federal reimbursements for program implementation and expansion.

• Establishes three full-time coordinator positions—one each in the Department of Education, Department of Health, and Department of Human Services—to coordinate school-based health services across agencies.

• Allows school health aides to administer medication prescribed by advanced practice registered nurses (in addition to physicians) with approval from either the Department of Health or the Hawaii Keiki program.

• Appropriates unspecified sums for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 for coordinator positions, program implementation, and vision screening tools, with amounts left blank in the bill text.