STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3416

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 140

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 140, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a review of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health, and provide a comparative analysis to other similar states' systems.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and the Legislative Reference Bureau.

 

     Your Committee finds that the clients of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health are among the most vulnerable in the community, and consist of youths who have encountered mental health difficulties.  Your Committee recognizes that the cost of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health program is substantial.  Your Committee believes that, before additional resources are committed to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health program, a review of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division should be performed to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of its operation.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 140, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair