STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1293

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 778

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 778, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND FOR SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make an emergency appropriation for the Department of Education (DOE) to pay for increased costs of required services to students with autism spectrum disorder and for school-based behavioral health services.

DOE, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Community Children's Council in Hawaii, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 778, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair