STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3062

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 196
                                        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 S.C.R. No. 196 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HEALTH, TO REPORT ON THE TRANSITION OF THE HAWAII STATE
     HOSPITAL TO A SECURED PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION FACILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Health (DOH) to report to the legislature before the Regular
Sessions of years 2001, 2002, and 2003, to evaluate the
effectiveness of the strategies in providing successful treatment
and outreach that are intended to prevent hospitalization,
homelessness, and criminal involvement.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the DOH.

     This measure is intended to assure that the plan of the DOH
to transition the Hawaii State Hospital from a predominantly
confinement facility to a primarily psychological rehabilitation
facility is advisable, in view of the current litigation with the
United States Department of Justice.

     Your Committee has amended this measure on the
recommendation of the DOH by deleting all the WHEREAS paragraphs
and inserting one WHEREAS paragraph for clarity.


 
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     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
S.C.R. No. 196, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 196, S.D. 1.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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