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

RELATING TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  This Act is recommended by the governor for
 
 2 immediate passage in accordance with section 9 of article VII of
 
 3 the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
 
 4      SECTION 2.  Although funds were appropriated to the
 
 5 department of health for the child and adolescent mental health
 
 6 division for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1999, and ending
 
 7 June 30, 2000, a critical funding emergency now exists.  The
 
 8 program will expend all appropriated general and special funds
 
 9 before the end of the current fiscal year, and the department
 
10 will be unable to meet its fiscal obligation to provide services
 
11 to certain emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.  The
 
12 increases in case referrals, services, and court-directed
 
13 placements are the primary contributing factors to this financial
 
14 situation.  The purpose of this Act is to appropriate additional
 
15 general and special fund moneys to allow the child and adolescent
 
16 mental health division to continue to provide services to certain
 
17 emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
 
18      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
19 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $17,735,924, or so
 

 
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 1 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to be
 
 2 used in support of services provided to certain emotionally
 
 3 disturbed children and adolescents.
 
 4      SECTION 4.  There is appropriated out of the child and
 
 5 adolescent mental health special fund the sum of $378,646, or so
 
 6 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to be
 
 7 used in support of services provided to certain emotionally
 
 8 disturbed children and adolescents.
 
 9      SECTION 5.  There is appropriated out of the behavioral
 
10 health administration special fund the sum of $38,866, or so much
 
11 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to be used
 
12 in support of services provided to certain emotionally disturbed
 
13 children and adolescents.
 
14      SECTION 6.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
15 department of health for the purposes of this Act.
 
16      SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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18                           INTRODUCED BY: ________________________
 

 
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