STAND. COM. REP. NO. 672

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1006
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1006, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF
     GROUP LIVING HOUSING FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for the regulation of
"privately-operated group living facilities", or private
residences used for the purpose of providing health services or
human services, by the Departments of Health and Human Services.

     In addition, this bill:

     (1)  Requires the Director of Health and the Director of
          Human Services to determine which types of privately-
          operated group living facilities are to be within their
          respective jurisdictions; and

     (2)  Requires the Directors of Health and Human Services to
          submit a report to the Legislature on their
          determinations as to the types of privately-operated
          group living facilities to be within their respective
          jurisdictions prior to the Regular Session of 2000.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will provide for the
regulation of domestic abuse shelters, halfway houses, and other

 
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private residences used for the purpose of providing health
services or human services.  Your Committee finds that community
acceptance of privately-operated group living facilities is low
because of the increased human activity at these facilities, with
people coming and going all day.  Communities are also concerned
about neighborhood safety and the potential for increased
substance abuse and violence in the vicinity of these group
living facilities.  Your Committee believes that the State has a
responsibility to adopt appropriate administrative rules to
govern the operation of privately-operated group living
facilities in order to alleviate community concerns about, and
increase community acceptance of, these facilities.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1006, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair


 
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