STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1397-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.C.R. No. 225

      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 Committees on Health and Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 225 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF POST FELIX CONSENT DECREE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND FUNDING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure continued quality special education services in Hawaii's public school system by requesting the Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Department of Education (DOE), to provide a comprehensive report of post Felix v. Cayetano Consent Decree child and adolescent mental health services and funding.

     DOH, DOE, and the Special Education Advisory Council supported this concurrent resolution.  A concerned individual supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1)  Deleting language requesting DOH and DOE to consider the development of a quality assurance process, including community advocates and paid staff to provide progress reports; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 225, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 225, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Education,

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair