STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1326

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.C.R. No. 86

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Education and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 86 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 measure is to request that the Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Department of Education (DOE), provide a comprehensive report of post Consent Decree child and adolescent mental health services and funding.

     The Special Education Advisory Council, Mental Health America of Hawaii, Hawaii Family Forum, Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii, and Community Children's Council of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. DOE and DOH testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that DOH, not DOE, is responsible for writing
          and submitting the comprehensive report of post Consent
          Decree child and adolescent mental health services and
          funding.

     (2)  Clarifying that DOE is requested to aid DOH in its
          efforts to create the comprehensive report; and

     (3)  Changing the title of the concurrent resolution to read,
          "REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROVIDE A
          COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF POST FELIX CONSENT DECREE CHILD
          AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND FUNDING."

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 86, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 86, H.D. 1.

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

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair