STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 418
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: H.B. No. 883
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Health & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 883 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to appropriate
funds for the operation of mobile clinics providing medication-assisted
treatment throughout the State.
Your Committees find that for new
opioid treatment program startups with a mobile component, it may take up to
twelve months to execute as there is an initial certification and accreditation
process and federal regulatory requirements that need to be completed. Your Committees further find that the
Department of Human Services does not have the experience or expertise to set
up or operate mobile clinics or provide direct substance abuse treatment services
and that the Department of Health is a more appropriate agency for
implementation.
Your
Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the expending agency from the
Department of Human Services to the Department of Health; and
(2) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000,
to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health & Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 883, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 883, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health & Homelessness,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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