STAND. COM. REP. NO. 100

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 327
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 327
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to add marriage and family
therapists for the purposes of mental health and alcohol and drug
abuse treatment insurance benefits. 

     The Department of Health, the Hawaii Counseling and
Education Center, the Samaritan Counseling Center of Hawaii, and
various private individuals provided testimony in support of the
measure.  The Insurance Commissioner of the Department of
Commerce and Consumer Affairs deferred to the Department of
Health.

     The Hawaii Psychological Association submitted testimony
against the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
327 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.


 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health,



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair