STAND. COM. REP. NO. 608-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 3120
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 3120 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to assist our neighborhoods in the fight against drug use and addiction by appropriating up to $350,000 per school complex for existing or emerging community coalitions to:
(1) Coordinate local anti-drug community efforts;
(2) Fill service gaps; and
(3) Implement best practice prevention programs.
The Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Malama O Kamalii Makamae, Breakthroughs for Youth, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Mililani Town Anti-drug Committee, Drug Policy Action Group, Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. The Department of Education and Waipahu Community Association supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Health submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying that the school complexes are used to identify a geographic area towards which the funds will be directed;
(2) Adding operational expenses to provide staffing, equipment, consulting, and any other operational costs that will ensure service, quality, and accountability; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 3120, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3120, 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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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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