STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2550

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2008

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2008, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE AREA BOARDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to revise certain provisions pertaining to Service Area Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

 

     More specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Provides that Service Areas Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse shall be established within the Department of Health for administrative purposes; and

 

     (2)  Provides quorum and voting specifications for meetings of Service Area Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Information Practices.

 

     Your Committee finds that statutorily establishing the administrative attachment of Service Area Boards on Mental Health and Substance Abuse with the Department of Health and specifying quorum and voting requirements for board meetings will facilitate administration of the boards and ensure their compliance with requirements for public meetings under chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2008, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair