REPORT TITLE:
Alcohol and substance abuse


DESCRIPTION:
Expands alcohol and drug abuse treatment coverage to physicians
who are board certified in psychiatry and with additional
qualifications. (HB328 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        328
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 431M-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "certified substance abuse
 
 3 staff" to read:
 
 4      ""Certified substance abuse staff" means professionals and
 
 5 paraprofessionals with current full certification as substance
 
 6 abuse counselors or program administrators under chapter 321, and
 
 7 physicians who hold a current American Society of Addiction
 
 8 Medicine certificate[.] or who are board certified in psychiatry
 
 9 with an additional qualification in addiction psychiatry
 
10 conferred by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology."
 
11      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.