STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2071

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 318

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 318, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Health to establish and administer a three-year pilot program to implement a co-management system of care for the diagnosis and treatment of persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; and

(2) Appropriate funds for:

(A) The establishment and administration of the pilot program; and

(B) An annual public awareness campaign on preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Hawaii Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Action Group, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, and nine individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and one individual.

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. 318, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair