STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1956-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 202

      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. 202 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the authorizing statute for Service Area Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse by:

 

     (1)  Amending quorum and voting requirements; and

 

     (2)  Specifying that the Boards shall be administratively attached to the Department of Health.

 

     The Department of Health, Department of Human Services, and two individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the 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. 202, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 202, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair