STAND. COM. REP. NO. 153

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1194
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 1194 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE
     ADMINISTRATOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Allow the Department of Public Safety (Department) to
          hire a Correctional Health Care Administrator
          (Administrator) to oversee the Department's
          Correctional Health Care Program (Program); and

     (2)  Exempt the Administrator from state civil service law.

     The Department of Public Safety testified in support of this
measure.

     Your Committee finds that to meet the National Commission on
Correctional Health Care and community standards, the Department
needs an Administrator position to coordinate its Program.  Your
Committee further finds that by exempting the Administrator
position from civil service laws, the Department will be able to
attract a wider scope of qualified candidates.


 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1194 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public
Employment.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Public Safety and
                                   Military Affairs,



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                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair