STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1617-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2340

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2340, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to continue to provide early intervention services as required by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 by making an emergency appropriation of $3,200,928 for fiscal year 2005-2006.

The Department of Human Services, Department of Health, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter, testified in support of this bill.

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 S.B. No. 2340, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

		____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair