REPORT TITLE:
$ Substance Abuse


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates unspecified sums to Department of Health and
Department of Human Services for substance abuse treatment
services for teenagers, pregnant women, babies, and child
protective services families.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2493
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES. 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that substance abuse
 
 2 continues to be a particularly pernicious problem among certain
 
 3 segments of the population.  Providing substance abuse treatment
 
 4 services to these individuals is necessary to avoid increased
 
 5 costs to the State at a later time.  Substance abuse among women
 
 6 has adverse effects, not only for the individuals involved, but
 
 7 also on their children, families, and communities, and creates a
 
 8 host of health and social problems.  Pregnant women who use
 
 9 alcohol and other drugs risk the safety and healthy development
 
10 of their unborn child.  Research continues to document the
 
11 effects of neonatal alcohol and drug exposure, which may include
 
12 an increased vulnerability to alcohol and drug abuse as drug and
 
13 alcohol-exposed infants grow to adolescents.
 
14      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for
 
15 specialized substance abuse treatment services for pregnant
 
16 women, families involved with child protective services who have
 
17 children under five years of age, and teenagers. 
 
18      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
19 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         , or so much
 

 
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 1 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, for
 
 2 specialized substance abuse treatment services for families who
 
 3 have children under five years of age and who are involved with
 
 4 child protective services of the department of human services.
 
 5      The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of
 
 6 human services for the purposes of this Act.
 
 7      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 8 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         , or so much
 
 9 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, for
 
10 specialized substance abuse treatment services for pregnant
 
11 women, and teenagers. 
 
12      The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of
 
13 health for the purposes of this Act.
 
14      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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16                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________