STAND. COM. REP. NO. 895
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.B. No. 614
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 614, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to reinstate hospital-based screening and assessments and improve home visiting services to high risk families of newborns by:
(1) Establishing a hospital-based screening and assessment and intensive home visitation program within the Department of Health (DOH);
(2) Appropriating funds from the Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund for hospital-based screening and assessment and intensive home visiting services; and
(3) Appropriating funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund for intensive home visiting services.
DOH, the Department of Human Services, and the American Heart Association commented on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Increasing the special fund ceiling appropriation of the Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund to an unspecified amount for each year of the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium;
(2) Deleting the appropriation amounts to enable further consideration on the financial aspects of the bill;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate continued discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 614, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 614, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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