REPORT TITLE:
Tobacco Settlement 

DESCRIPTION:
Provides that the funds received by DOH from the Tobacco
Settlement for health promotion and disease prevention programs
shall not supplant or diminish the funding of existing tobacco
prevention and control programs or any health related programs
funded in whole or in part by the State. (HB2277 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SPECIAL FUND.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 328L-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "�328L-4  Use of funds appropriated to the department.  (a)
 
 4 The department, immediately upon receipt of the thirty-five per
 
 5 cent of moneys appropriated pursuant to section 328L-2(b)(2)
 
 6 shall:
 
 7      (1)  Transfer up to ten per cent of the total moneys
 
 8           received by the State from tobacco settlement moneys to
 
 9           the department of human services for the children's
 
10           health insurance program; and
 
11      (2)  Expend the remainder of the moneys received by the
 
12           department for health promotion and disease prevention
 
13           programs, including but not limited to[,] maternal
 
14           child health and child development programs, promotion
 
15           of healthy lifestyles (including fitness, nutrition,
 
16           and tobacco control), and prevention oriented public
 
17           health programs[.]; provided that the moneys received
 
18           or expended under this paragraph shall not supplant or
 
19           diminish the funding of existing tobacco prevention and
 

 
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 1           control programs or any health-related programs funded
 
 2           in whole or in part by the State. 
 
 3      (b)  For purposes of [paragraph (2),] subsection (a)(2), the
 
 4 director shall convene an advisory group that shall be separate
 
 5 from the tobacco prevention and control advisory board, to
 
 6 strategically plan the development and implementation of
 
 7 preventive systems to achieve measurable outcomes and to make
 
 8 recommendations for the expenditure of these moneys.  The
 
 9 advisory group shall be composed of nine members with expertise
 
10 in the programs under [paragraph (2),] subsection (a)(2), and
 
11 shall be selected at the discretion of the director."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13 New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.