CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 14-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 202

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 202, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE AREA BOARDS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish specific quorum and voting requirements for service area boards on mental health and substance abuse; and

(2) Specify that service area boards on mental health and substance abuse shall fall within the Department of Health for administrative purposes.

Your Committee on Conference finds that it is important that service area boards on mental health and substance abuse are able to deliberate and make decisions on issues affecting each county. Your Committee on Conference further finds that many of the service area boards face challenges holding meetings due to lack of quorum and that defining quorum based on the number of currently appointed members, instead of based on the number of members to which each board is entitled, will better enable service area boards to meet quorum requirements.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2018.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 202, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 202, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Chair
____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Co-Chair