STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1635-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2725

S.D. 2

H.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. 2725, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTHY START,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Healthy Start Program to allow continued service and support of high-risk families and to prevent further incidences of child abuse and neglect.

The Department of Human Services, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Blueprint for Change, YWCA of Hawaii Island, and Parents and Children Together's Hana Like Home Visitor Program testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Family Support Institute supported this measure with amendments. The Department of Health supported the intent 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. 2725, S.D. 2, H.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