STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1393-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2074
                                     S.D. 2
                                     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 S.B. No.
2074, S.D. 2, 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 increase the range and
quality of programming appropriate for the needs of female
offenders to make it equivalent to the programming offered to
male offenders by:

     (1)  Mandating that the Director of Public Safety (Director)
          provides model programs for female offenders that
          respond to statewide needs and award grants to these
          programs; and

     (2)  Establishing an advisory council whose purpose is to 

          (A)  Develop a plan to increase interagency cooperation
               to address needs unique to female offenders;

          (B)  Recommend programming needs to the Department of
               Public Safety (DPS) and the Office of Youth
               Services; and

          (C)  Identify other issues related to programming for
               adult and juvenile female offenders;


 
 
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     (3)  Mandating that the Director make a planning grant
          available from funds appropriated by the Legislature;

     (4)  Establishing the duties and responsibilities of the
          Director regarding these programs; and

     (5)  Appropriating funds for these purposes.

     The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the Sex
Abuse Treatment Center, Government Efficiency Teams, Inc.,
Community Alliance on Prisons, and numerous individuals from T.J.
Mahoney & Associates testified in support of this bill.  DPS, the
Office of Youth Services, and the Attorney General supported the
intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Placing this Act in the Session Laws of Hawaii;

     (2)  Deleting section one of the bill regarding parity
          programs which may create an affirmative obligation to
          provide services regardless of the availability of
          resources;

     (3)  Authorizing the Director to appoint an advisory
          council; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,
          consistency, and 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 S.B. No.
2074, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2074,
S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair