Bill Text: HI HCR150 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Autism Awareness Month; April; Outreach and Awareness on Autism

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-24 - (S) Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 662). [HCR150 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HCR150-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3478

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 150

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

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 H.C.R. No. 150 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION DECLARING THE MONTH OF APRIL OF EACH YEAR AS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IN HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to declare the month of April of each year as Autism Awareness Month in Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Autism Speaks, Family Voices of Hawaii, and three individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that while there is no cure for autism, early identification of developmental concerns allows parents to seek intervention during the crucial early development period.  Consequently, widespread information to educate parents, professionals, and the general public about autism spectrum disorders as well as the critical importance of early developmental screening is necessary.  Your Committee thus finds that designating the month of April as "Autism Awareness Month" creates a useful opportunity for public and private organizations to educate the public about the services and treatments available for those with or at risk for an autism spectrum disorder.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

 

     (1)  Correcting the statistic which states that autism affects an estimated one in every one hundred ten children to reflect the more recent finding that one in every eighty-eight children are affected; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 150, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 150, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

		____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair