STAND. COM. REP. NO.  152-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3146

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 3146 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make an emergency appropriation of $10,000,000 from general funds to the Department of Health (DOH) for fiscal year 2007-2008 for ongoing services provided by DOH's adult mental health division.

     DOH, Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association, and Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Inserting provisions establishing a three-year psychiatric health services pilot project within DOH's adult mental health division;

(2)  Increasing the appropriation to $10,300,000; 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. 3146, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3146, 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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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair