SB24

SB24

EWinkler-Hawaii-democrat, MHorn-Wyoming-republican

Health and Education~ **Physicals provided through high schools**

The purpose of this bill is to include physicals at public high schools with a charge of only $10. A physcian will come to each school for a week at a time to give physicals, this will occur three times throughout the school year.

It will apply to to students and staff members attending a public high school living in the U.S. It will start in Mississippi, New Mexico, and DC, then gradually expand to every high school in the nation.

Public High Schools will hire a physcian that will work 3 hours a day for a week at a time and will go to each high school three times a year. Students and staff at each public high school are elgible to recieve a physical. Student must make an appointment at least 24 hours in advance, to schedule an appiontment they will have to sign there name on a sign-in sheet with the time they plan to arrive. When they arrive at their appoinment the physian will perform the tests needed for a physical and fill out a typical physical form that the school requires. Physicals will be taken in the nurses office. Each student/staff member must pay a fee of $10 for their physical. Each physical is good for up to a year so students/staff will only need to recieve one physical throughout the school year. Also, the school office will notify each student when their physical is goin gto expire that way students and staff can plan accordingly. This bill will help the underprivilaged citizens get the proper health cheeck ups they need, with the minimum cost. This will also encourage the citizens to be more active and participate in sport related activities. The most current example is a few students from Cleveland Schools joined a program for students to run in the Rite Aid 10K on Sunday May 20th. In order to participate, students needed a physical and from where they come, they cannot afford the cost. This is not only shows that citizens need to get in shape, but also the need for a physical that some families cannot afford. If this bill passes it will take affect in the next school year starting with Mississippi, New Mexico, and D.C. After the first year in affect, depending on how well the system works, this program will expand by another three states a year.

This bill will cost about $74,124 per state, and for the top three states in poverty it comes to a total of $21,060,216. It will cost each school $5,400 per year to pay the physcian. There are 284 public high schools total in Mississippi, New Mexico, and D.C. Taking the average cost per high school times the number of public high schools it will cost about $1,533,600 per year to pay all of the physicians. The students will each pay $10 to help pay the cost of the physician. The cost for medical supplies is $250 per school and a total of $71,000.


 * supplies || cost per school || total cost ||
 * equipment || $250 || $71,000 ||
 * physicians || $5,400 || $1,533,600 ||
 * marketing || $200 || $56,800 ||
 * education || $68,274 || $19,398,816 ||
 * total cost || $74,124 || $21,060,216 ||