STAND. COM. REP. NO. 130-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2483

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2483 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DRUG ABUSE AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to abolish the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances (HACDACS).

The Department of Health and Office of the Lieutenant Governor testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that since HACDACS' creation in 1972, new organizations have been established, and there have been numerous changes in ways the public communicates with public officials relating to substance abuse issues. Eliminating HACDACS will streamline interagency coordination and the public still has many other options available to access information on substance abuse issues.

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. 2483 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Judiciary.

 

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair