STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1300

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1481

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1481, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERVENTION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce substance abuse in Hawaii by establishing and appropriating funds for a pilot program for screening, brief intervention, and referral to substance abuse treatment.

     The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of Health,  Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, MADD-Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1481, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair