STAND. COM. REP. NO.770

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1555

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1555, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADOLESCENCE SCHOOL-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the increasing need for statewide adolescent substance abuse treatment by:

(1) Providing services at middle schools and high schools in the State; and

(2) Making an appropriation to implement the services.

NAMI Oahu, Hina Mauka, Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu, Kalihi Branch, Big Island Substance Abuse Council, and concerned citizens submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Education and Department of Health supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

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 H.B. No. 1555, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1555, H.D. 2.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair