HB 768 Summary

• Establishes a task force within the Department of Health's Behavioral Health Services Administration to study fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) care practices and needs in Hawaii.

• Task force must identify populations with FASD experiencing barriers to care services, therapies and home/community-based services that may benefit individuals across the lifespan, and strategies to reduce FASD incidence and impact.

• Task force composition includes representatives from Department of Health divisions, Department of Human Services, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, health plans, legislative members, disability advocates, and parent-advocates.

• Task force must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2022 regular legislative session convenes.

• Task force members serve without compensation but receive reimbursement for necessary expenses; task force effective date is July 1, 2021.