STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2048-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 11

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 11, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND JUDICIARY TO PERMANENTLY ESTABLISH AND PARTICIPATE IN THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY STATE YOUTH NETWORK OF CARE TO BETTER SERVE YOUTH AND FAMILIES WITH COMPLEX NEEDS IN THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Urge the Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Human Services, and Judiciary to permanently establish the Hawaii Interagency State Youth Network of Care (HISYNC);

(2) Urge the various state entities to participate in HISYNC and the Hawaii Interagency Local Youth Network of Care (HILYNC);

(3) Urge additional child-serving agencies that are not currently members of HISYNC to participate in HISYNC's interagency forum and send local representatives to each of the regional HILYNC committees; and

(4) Urge HISYNC to coordinate the complex landscape of the child-serving system.

The Department of Health, Department of Education, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the title to read, "URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND JUDICIARY TO PERMANENTLY ESTABLISH AND PARTICIPATE IN THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY STATE YOUTH NETWORK OF CARE (HISYNC) TO BETTER SERVE YOUTH AND FAMILIES WITH COMPLEX NEEDS IN THE STATE."

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 11, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 11, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair