STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1615-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2337

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2337, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide mental health services at the Hawaii State Hospital and community-based facilities by:

(1) Making an emergency appropriation of $4,724,703 for fiscal year 2005-2006; and

(2) Authorizing an increase in the expenditure ceiling of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Special Fund by an additional $6,148,944,

The Department of Health, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, NAMI Oahu, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2337, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair