03/17/2020 01:30 PM House FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 181                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to mental health education."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:16:20 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Johnston indicated there was  a new fiscal note for                                                                    
the bill.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:16:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
LACEY SANDERS, ADMINISTRATIVE  SERVICES DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT                                                                    
OF  EDUCATION AND  EARLY DEVELOPMENT,  OFFICE OF  MANAGEMENT                                                                    
AND  BUDGET, OFFICE  OF THE  GOVERNOR (via  teleconference),                                                                    
reported  that the  department took  into consideration  the                                                                    
committee's  concerns about  costs.  The department  revised                                                                    
the  fiscal   note  [Department   of  Education   and  Early                                                                    
Development  (DEED) appropriated  to  Education Support  and                                                                    
Administrative Services] decreasing it  to $71 thousand. She                                                                    
explained that  the department  eliminated $12  thousand for                                                                    
the creation and printing of  standards booklets and planned                                                                    
to  distribute  the  standards via  electronic  copies.  The                                                                    
department  also  reduced   travel  significantly  from  $60                                                                    
thousand to $30 thousand. The  funding would cover costs for                                                                    
travel for one in-person meeting.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:18:26 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:21:30 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Foster  MOVED  to  report  CSHB  181(EDC)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carpenter OBJECTED.                                                                                              
A roll call vote was taken on the motion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
IN FAVOR: Wool,  Josephson,  Knopp, LeBon,  Merrick,  Ortiz,                                                                    
Foster, Johnston                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
OPPOSED: Carpenter, Sullivan-Leonard, Tilton                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The MOTION  PASSED (8/3). There being  NO further OBJECTION,                                                                    
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 181(EDC)  was REPORTED  out of  committee with  one "do                                                                    
pass" recommendation,  three "do not  pass" recommendations,                                                                    
and one "no recommendation"  recommendation and with one new                                                                    
fiscal impact note by the  Department of Education and Early                                                                    
Development.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Johnston relayed the agenda for the following                                                                          
meeting.