STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1872

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1459

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1459, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the State's compliance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 by making an emergency appropriation in the amount of $4,419,644, to the Department of Health to provide additional early intervention services to meet the needs of infants and children who have developmental delays or who face biological or environmental risk.

 

     The Department of Health, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council, Hawaii Chapter – American Physical Therapy Association, Easter Seals Hawaii, and Center on Disability Studies 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. 1459, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair