STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1199-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2008

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2008, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE AREA BOARDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to revise certain provisions pertaining to Service Area Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

 

     More specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Explicitly provides that Service Areas Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse are established within the Department of Health for administrative purposes; and

 

     (2)  Provides quorum and voting specifications for meetings of Service Area Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health.

 

     Your Committee finds that attaching Service Area Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse to the Department of Health for administrative purposes and establishing quorum and voting requirements for board meetings will facilitate the administration of the boards and allow them to deliberate and take action regarding matters under their purview.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2008, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair