STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1495

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 113
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
113 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO
     REPORT ON THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF INCLUDING
     MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS AS PROVIDERS OF MANDATED
     MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL, AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to give
consumers a broader choice of mental health, alcohol, and drug
abuse treatment services by requesting the Legislative Auditor to
assess the social and financial effects of including marriage and
family therapists as mandated providers of these services.

     The Hawaii Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,
Olivet Baptist Church, Benefit Capital Financial Services, the
Samaritan Counseling Center of Hawaii, and numerous individuals
testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee is concerned that marriage and family
therapists may not be properly trained to provide mental health,
alcohol, and drug abuse services.  Although this concern is
broadly addressed in the study, if there are criteria and facts
that support a more limited mandated coverage, your Committee
would like to have this particular concern addressed in the
study.


 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 113,
and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer
Protection and Commerce.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair