STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1952-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 203

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 203 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the authorizing statute for the State Council on Mental Health by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the Council is administratively attached to the Department of Health;

 

     (2)  Including a representative of the Med-QUEST Division in the Council's membership; and

 

     (3)  Amending quorum and voting requirements.

 

     The Department of Health, Department of Human Services, State Council on Mental Health, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 203, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 203, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair