REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A WATER FLUORIDATION WORKING GROUP.

HCR 113 is a concurrent resolution requesting Hawaii's Director of Health to form a Water Fluoridation Working Group. The group, including health officials and county water department representatives, will study the feasibility of adding fluoride to public water systems and address obstacles to fluoridation. The group must submit findings and recommendations - including potential legislation - to the Legislature by January 2026, with the working group dissolving by June 2026. This resolution does not mandate fluoridation but seeks to evaluate it as a public health strategy.