STAND. COM. REP. NO. 388-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2559
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2559 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The Hawai‘i Psychological Association and Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health, Department of the Attorney General, and Hawaii Disability Rights Center commented on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 2559, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2559, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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