STAND. COM. REP. NO. 547

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1151
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
1151 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make an emergency
appropriation to prevent the reduction or discontinuance of
services to certain emotionally disturbed children and
adolescents.

     Specifically, this bill appropriates $31,928,758 for fiscal
1998-1999 for services provided to certain emotionally disturbed
children and adolescents to be expended by the Department of
Health.  Although funds were previously appropriated for fiscal
year 1998-1999 for this purpose, unanticipated increases in
services as required by the the Felix vs. Cayetano consent decree
will increase expenditures beyond the amounts authorized by the
legislature for fiscal year 1998-1999.

     Your Committee received testimony supporting this bill from
the Department of Health and the Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that this emergency appropriation is
necessary.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1151 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair

 
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