STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1267

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 48
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and
Health, to which was referred H.R. No. 48 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,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to begin an aggressive effort
to understand and assess the persistent problem of dual occurring
diagnoses of mental disorders and alcohol or substance abuse
among the inmate populations within Department of Public Safety
facilities.

     Your Committees recieved testimony in support of this
measure from the Department of Public Safety, the Community
Alliance on Prisons, and T.J. Mahoney and Associates.  Testimony
supporting the intent of the resolution was received from the
University of Hawaii School of Social Work, the Department of
Health, and the American Civil Liberties Union.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Health that
are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the
intent and purpose of H.R. No. 48, and recommend that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance.


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

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair       NESTOR GARCIA, Chair