STAND. COM. REP. NO. 228

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 686

H.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 Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 686 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 State Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances.

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

Your Committee finds that this bill will increase the flexibility necessary to establish an overarching coordinating entity to implement the Hawaii Drug Control Plan.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion on the measure.

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. 686, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 686, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair