STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 11
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2019
RE: H.B. No. 580
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2019
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 580 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Adopting language proposed by the Department of Health to further clarify the definition of a mental health professional;
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 580, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 580, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness,
____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair |
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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