STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1307

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 215

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 215 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CREATION OF A HAWAII MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A UNIFIED STATE MENTAL HEALTH DELIVERY SERVICE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure greater public access to, and an equitable distribution of, mental health services throughout the State by requesting the creation of a Hawaii Mental Health Commission to develop a unified state mental health delivery service across the State, to include certain authority, duties, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Department of Health.

 

     The Department of Health opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 215, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 215, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair