STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1030-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2007

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2007, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Specify that the State Council on Mental Health (Council) is administratively attached to the Department of Health;

     (2)  Require that the principal state agency regarding Medicaid be represented on the Council; and

     (3)  Specify the Council's quorum and voting requirements.

The Department of Health and the Department of Human Services testified in support of this measure.

     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. 2007, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair