Report Title:

Substance Abuse; Residential Drug Treatment; Family Care

Description:

Appropriates funds to the alcohol and drug abuse division of DOH to expand their funding base to ensure that parents with children under the age of nineteen are allowed the option to participate in residential substance abuse treatment.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1872

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to substance abuse treatment.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that treatment for substance abuse patients with children require specialized services. Treatment is the key to battling drugs but parents who are substance abusers also need family counseling services to guide them back to supplying a healthy environment for their children. The State understands the importance of preserving the integrity of the family without jeopardizing the safety of the children. Currently, the State funds programs that help parents achieve independence from drugs while receiving family counseling. Through programs like the Salvation Army's Women's Way and Child and Family Services, the State is able to provide residential drug treatment for parents.

The purpose of this Act is to provide additional funding to the department of health's alcohol and drug abuse division to continue its support of residential drug treatment programs for parents with children under the age of nineteen.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,499,680, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004-2005, for the alcohol and drug abuse division of the department of health to support residential drug treatment programs that provide family services to parents with children under the age of nineteen.

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2004.

INTRODUCED BY:

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