HB 768 Summary

• Establishes a task force within the Department of Health's Behavioral Health Services Administration to review best care practices for persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

• Task force must identify populations experiencing burdens in accessing care services, therapies and home/community-based services beneficial to FASD patients across their lifespan, and strategies to reduce incidence and impact of FASD in Hawaii.

• Task force composition includes representatives from state agencies (Department of Health divisions, Department of Human Services, med-QUEST), legislators, disability advocacy groups, and parent-advocates selected by legislative leadership.

• Task force must submit findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2022 regular legislative session, including recommendations for necessary legislation.

• Takes effect July 1, 2021; task force must convene within thirty days of effective date and dissolves upon completing objectives or twenty days prior to 2022 session, whichever occurs first.