STAND. COM. REP. NO.1354
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1126
S.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1126, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect children and adolescents receiving services from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health (DOH) by:
(1) Continuing the authorization granted to DOH to conduct criminal history record checks for certain providers of direct mental health services by removing the sunset date in section 1 of Act 146, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000; and
(2) Appropriating funds.
DOH, the Attorney General, and Hawaii Youth Services Network submitted testimony in support of this measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1126, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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