Bill Text: HI HB2577 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To Education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-28 - Act 105, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). [HB2577 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2577-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2577

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 4, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, is amended by amending section 1 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 1.  [(a)]  The department of health may require the department of education [shall publish a weekly] to report on [schools that have a student, staff member, or affiliated individual who has tested positive for] coronavirus disease 2019 [(COVID-19).  The report shall include:

     (1)  The school's name;

     (2)  The date the COVID-19 positive test result was reported to the school; and

     (3)  The date that the positively tested individual was last on the school campus.

     (b)  The report shall be published weekly commencing after July 1, 2021, on the department of education's website.] potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the department of health."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.


 


 

Report Title:

Department of Health; Department of Education; COVID-19; Public Health Emergencies; Schools

 

Description:

Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the Department of Health.  Repeals the requirement to publish the report on the Department of Education's website.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

 

 

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