Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 63 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution, as received, is to request the Governor to convene a state panel to develop a standard payment rate for mental health services provided to children under state contracts.

The Hawaii Psychological Association, State Procurement Office, and a concerned individual testified in support of the intent of this measure.

Prior to the public hearing, your Committee circulated a proposed H.D. 1 that deleted the substance of the original measure and instead requested the Department of Health to convene a task force to study the feasibility of regulating tobacco products as a harmful consumer product.

The Department of Health (DOH) testified in support of this proposed H.D. 1.

Your Committee finds that DOH is presently unable to obtain information regarding the constituency and nicotine ratings of tobacco products from manufacturers due to proprietary and legal concerns. Thus, DOH would be hard pressed to regulate these products as harmful consumer products.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 63, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 63, H.D. 1.