Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2347, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide healthy and safe child development support services for families at risk by making an emergency appropriation of $1,000,000 for the current fiscal year. Funds will be used for Healthy Start Purchase-of-Service programs to provide home visiting services and thereby ensure compliance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act.

The Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council, and The American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter, testified in support of this bill.

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. 2347, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.