STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1767

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 60
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 60 entitled:

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     PUBLIC SAFETY TO USE ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO PROCEED
     WITH THE SYSTEMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF INMATES CURRENTLY
     INCARCERATED WHO HAVE DUAL OCCURRING DIAGNOSES OF MENTAL
     DISORDERS AND ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the
Department of Public Safety, in cooperation with the Department
of Health and the University of Hawaii School of Social Work, to
determine the extent of the co-occurring diagnoses of mental
disorders and substance abuse among the State's inmate
population.

     The Department of Public Safety is also requested to
summarize the number of co-occurring diagnoses and make a
preliminary assessment of the severity of each case as a basis
for further assessment and report to the Legislature twenty days
prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2000.

     Your Committee received testimony from the Department of
Health agreeing with the testimony submitted by the Department of
Public Safety indicating that it will work cooperatively with the

 
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Department of Public Safety to the extent that additional
resources are available for the project.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 60,
and recommends its adoption.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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