STAND. COM. REP. NO. 181-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1870

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1870 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health (DOH) for evidence-based substance abuse programs.

DOH, the Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Action Group, Out of Prison Services, and Blueprint for Change submitted testimony in support of this bill.

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. 1870 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair