STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2197

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2828

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2828 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EARLY INTERVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to revise the Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council membership and functions to be consistent with the requirements regarding the State Interagency Coordinating Council in part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Consumer Family and Youth Alliance, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that a broader membership for the Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council will help to ensure the provision and coordination of early intervention services to meet the needs of infants and toddlers with or at biological risk of developmental delays.

     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 S.B. No. 2828 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair