STAND. COM. REP. NO. 156

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 600
                                        S.D. 1
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
600 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to mandate substance abuse assessment and treatment programs for
all inmates in correctional centers and facilities, who are
alcohol or drug dependent, or who are otherwise in need of
substance abuse treatment and monitoring.

     Your Committee finds that alcohol and other substance abuse
has a destructive impact in many important areas, which adds to
crime in obvious but hard to measure ways.  Your Committee
further finds that adequate treatment of substance abuse and
addiction within the criminal offender population is important in
reducing the recidivism rate and protecting the public upon
inmates' release back into the community.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Health, the Department of Public Safety, the Hawaii
Paroling Authority, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Community
Alliance on Prisons, and a case manager for TJ Mahoney &
Associates.  Testimony opposed to a specific provision of this
measure was submitted by the Office of the Public Defender.


 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:

     (1)  Limiting the requirement of mandatory drug testing and
          mandatory assessment to inmates who have been convicted
          of felonies; 

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation for substance abuse
          treatment at the Women's Community Correctional Center;

     (3)  Clarifying that a confidentiality requirement applies
          to exchange of information between participating
          agencies, and amending the existing confidentiality
          requirement for to drug test results to conform to a
          technical reorganization of the federal confidentiality
          requirements; and

     (4   Making technical, non-substantive changes for the
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
600, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 600, S.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



                                   ______________________________
                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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