STAND. COM. REP. NO. 13-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1903
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No.
1903 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BRAIN INJURY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the traumatic brain
injury population by:

     (1)  Establishing a task force to identify and eliminate
          public policy barriers to neurotraining services; and

     (2)  Establishing a community-based neurotraining research,
          education, and training infrastructure.

     Art Calendar Hawaii Database, the Craine Institute of
Neuropsychology Community-based Healthcare, and one individual
testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides the
resources and leadership to capitalize on the strengths of
Hawaii's locally-developed neurotraining as a culturally relevant
solution for brain impairments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Reducing the appropriation to $1 for purposes of
          further discussion; and


 
 
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     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.
     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 H.B. No.
1903, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1903, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair