STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3550

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 77
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 77, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE HEALTH
     PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO REQUIRE A SOCIAL IMPACT
     STATEMENT TO BE SUBMITTED FOR ANY PROPOSED YOUTH FACILITY
     INVOLVING MENTAL HEALTH OR PUBLIC SAFETY IN A COMMUNITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the State Health
Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) to require a social
impact statement to be submitted for any proposed youth facility
involving mental health or public safety in a community.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from SHPDA.

     The object of this measure is the current construction of a
full-time residential treatment facility that will treat up to
ten children age twelve to seventeen who have exhibited
inappropriate sexual behavior.  The facility is located at the
Waimano Training School and Hospital in Pearl City and is
scheduled to open in June, 2000.  The Department of Health (DOH)
did not inform the community of this plan until January, 2000,
when construction had already begun.  Your Committee believes
that if the DOH had informed the community before commencing the
construction and solicited community input, appropriate safety
and security measures could have been integrated into the

 
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planning and construction of the facility.  This measure would
address future similar situations in any community in the State. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying in the last WHEREAS clause that a social
          impact statement should be required for a proposal to
          utilize an existing structure or to construct a new
          structure in a community for any purpose involving
          mental health or safety;

     (2)  Clarifying that the departmental public information
          meeting process be for purchase of service, capital
          improvement project, or repair and maintenance
          contracts; 

     (3)  Including in the meeting process the appropriate state
          departments, such as the DOH, Department of Human
          Services, Department of Public Safety, and the
          Judiciary; and

     (4)  Revising the title to accurately reflect the amended
          measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 77, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form
attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 77, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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