STAND. COM. REP. NO. 971

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 789
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

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

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KASHBOX
     PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide substance abuse
treatment for inmates by appropriating supplemental funds to:

     (1)  Continue the KASHBOX Substance Abuse Treatment Program;
          and

     (2)  Expand the Ho'omana Substance Abuse Treatment Program
          at the Women's Community Correctional Center.

     The Department of Public Safety, the Hawaii State Commission
on the Status of Women, and the Department of the Prosecuting
Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support
of this measure.

     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.
789, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair