STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1051-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2347

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 Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2347, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assure the healthy and safe development of children by providing healthy start programs to families at risk through home visiting services. This bill appropriates $1,000,000 from the Early Intervention Special Fund to comply with the federal mandate for early intervention services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act.

The Department of Health (DOH), Department of Human Services, Hawaii Early Intervention Coordination Council, and Parents and Children Together supported this bill.

According to DOH, this funding request is due to the expansion of services to cover all cover all eligible children, including those at developmental and environmental risk for developmental delay and diagnosed with developmental delay.

 

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 S.B. No. 2347, S.D. 1, 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