STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1114

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1047

      H.D. 3

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1047, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to include marriage and family therapy among the mental illness, alcohol, and drug dependence benefits required within the hospital and medical coverage offered under accident and sickness insurance policies and similar insurance products.

 

     The Bobby Benson Center, Hawaii Psychological Association, Mental Health America of Hawaii, Hawaii Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Hale Ipu Kukui Alakai, Mental Health Association in Maui County, Mental Health Kokua, The Salvation Army Addiction Treatment Services, Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Argosy University Hawaii Campus, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs submitted comments.

 


     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1047, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1047, H.D. 3.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair