STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1596
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 55
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 55, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish a statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention program and to appropriate funds to the Department of Health to implement the program.
Comments in support of this measure were received from the Department of Education, the Hawaii Suicide Prevention Steering Committee and Task Force, and Mental Health America of Hawaii. The Department of Health submitted comments.
Your Committee finds that according to the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, Hawaii has among the highest rates of youth who have: reported making a suicide plan; seriously considered attempting suicide; attempted suicide; or reported a suicide attempt that was treated by a doctor or nurse. This measure will provide early intervention and prevention strategies for suicide, which is the second leading cause of death in Hawaii among persons who are between fifteen to twenty-four years of age.
Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the appropriation because funds to implement youth suicide early intervention and prevention programs are currently included H.B. No. 500, the state budget.
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. 55, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 55, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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