STAND. COM. REP. NO. 724-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1847
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1847, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the services and
programs made available to female offenders by providing for
parity in the same range and quality of programming offered to
adult and juvenile female offenders as is offered to male
offenders.

     This bill:

     (1)  Requires the Director of Public Safety:

          (a)  Within the limits of available funding, to provide
               model programs for female offenders that respond
               to statewide needs and geographical areas; and

          (b)  To work with others in developing a comprehensive
               continuum of care to address the gender-specific
               needs of female offenders;

          and

     (2)  Establishes an Advisory Council on the Adult and
          Juvenile Female Offender in Corrections to, among other
          things, develop a plan to increase interagency

 
 
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          cooperation to address the unique needs of female
          offenders.

     The Sex Abuse Treatment Center (Kapiolani Medical Center for
Women and Children) and several individuals testified in support
of this bill.  The Department of Public Safety, the Office of
Youth Services, and the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of
Women supported the intent of this measure.  An individual
offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Inserting a $1 appropriation to carry out the program;
          and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purpose of style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1847, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1847, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair