STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3235

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2160
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2160, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
     TRUST FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a Traumatic Brain
Injury Trust Fund to help defray the cost of providing care and
rehabilitative services to residents of the State who have
survived a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury.

     In addition, this bill:

     (1)  Establishes the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund
          Commission and a nine-member board of directors to:

          (A)  Adopt rules and employ staff to administer the
               Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund, including funds
               received as grants, gifts, and donations; and

          (B)  Recommend changes in state programs, statutes,
               policies, budgets, and standards relating to the
               care and rehabilitation of persons with brain or
               spinal cord injuries;


 
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     (2)  Specifies the membership, appointment, and compensation
          of the Board of Directors, which includes three
          individuals who have sustained a brain or spinal cord
          injury or members of their immediate families;

     (3)  Directs the existing Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory
          Board in the Department of Health to provide advice to
          the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Commission; and

     (4)  Appropriates an unspecified sum of general fund moneys
          to the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund for fiscal
          year 2000-2001.

     Your Committee finds that this bill will establish a system
of care that provides, manages, and monitors services for
individuals with traumatic brain injuries; makes effective and
affordable treatment and rehabilitation programs available; and
provides support programs for family members and caregivers.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting the
appropriation to the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2160, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2160,
H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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