STAND. COM. REP. 447

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 228

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 228 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to meet the increasing demand for early intervention services for infants and children, from birth to three years of age, with developmental delays.

The Good Beginnings Alliance; Easter Seals Hawaii, Kauai Child Services; Hawai'i Early Intervention Coordinating Council; Imua Rehab; Blueprint For Change; Molokai Family Support Center; and several individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Health (DOH) supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees find that Hawaii's Early Intervention Program has been successful in identifying, evaluating, and serving children from birth to three years of age who are developmentally delayed. Your Committees also find that DOH's success in early intervention has resulted in an increased demand for services.

 

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 228 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing,

 

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair