Fall 2007
Committee:
President
Whereas, Comprehensive healthcare is of vital importance to the well-being of any person, and a vast number of community college students live without health insurance due to the prohibitive costs, and the State of California acknowledges the need for good health among student populations by allowing the community college districts to assess a health services fee (California Education Code §76355);
Whereas, Untreated illness and injury will have a detrimental effect on the livelihood of a person and will interfere with a person’s goals, including the goals of pursuing a higher education, and research shows that most common impediments to academic performance are directly related to the need for proper health care (American College Health Association – National College Health Assessment website http://www.acha-ncha.org/data/IMPEDIMENTSF06.html);
Whereas, “Good health, which includes social and mental adjustment as well as physical health and well-being is essential to learning and to efficiency” (American College Health Association Blue Book), and California Code of Regulations does allow health fee funds to be spent on services that meet these ends, such as diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of common illnesses and injuries, mental health assessment and treatment, and health education (Title 5 §54702), and a campus health center can provide all of the services needed for a student to stay healthy and achieve their goals; and
Whereas, There is no legislation requiring a minimum standard for health services at a community college, and a minimum standard would ideally include clinical care services as defined by Title 5 §54702a, mental health services a defined by Title 5 §54702b, support services as defined by Title 5 §54702c, and special services as defined by Title 5 §54702d, and this minimum standard would allow health centers to provide a myriad of services, including, but not limited to, diagnosis, first aid, health appraisal, pharmacy services, lab work, and counseling;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges endorse the establishment of health centers that meet the above minimum standard; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourage the state to work with students in the creation of legislation that would require campuses to establish health centers that meet the described minimum standard for campus health care.
Whereas, Untreated illness and injury will have a detrimental effect on the livelihood of a person and will interfere with a person’s goals, including the goals of pursuing a higher education, and research shows that most common impediments to academic performance are directly related to the need for proper health care (American College Health Association – National College Health Assessment website http://www.acha-ncha.org/data/IMPEDIMENTSF06.html);
Whereas, “Good health, which includes social and mental adjustment as well as physical health and well-being is essential to learning and to efficiency” (American College Health Association Blue Book), and California Code of Regulations does allow health fee funds to be spent on services that meet these ends, such as diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of common illnesses and injuries, mental health assessment and treatment, and health education (Title 5 §54702), and a campus health center can provide all of the services needed for a student to stay healthy and achieve their goals; and
Whereas, There is no legislation requiring a minimum standard for health services at a community college, and a minimum standard would ideally include clinical care services as defined by Title 5 §54702a, mental health services a defined by Title 5 §54702b, support services as defined by Title 5 §54702c, and special services as defined by Title 5 §54702d, and this minimum standard would allow health centers to provide a myriad of services, including, but not limited to, diagnosis, first aid, health appraisal, pharmacy services, lab work, and counseling;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges endorse the establishment of health centers that meet the above minimum standard; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourage the state to work with students in the creation of legislation that would require campuses to establish health centers that meet the described minimum standard for campus health care.