CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.27-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 1749
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Require the Department of Health (DOH) to disclose the criminal history of a prospective resident applicant seeking entry into an adult residential care home (ARCH);
(2) Provide DOH with the discretion to allow more nursing facility level residents to live in an ARCH; and
(3) Make other clarifying amendments to the ARCH laws.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure at the recommendation of the Department of the Attorney General by:
(1) Clarifying that DOH only needs to disclose to the ARCH operators, criminal history records of applicants who have been admitted in the mental health system as a result of an acquittal for an offense involving violence to a person or have been convicted of an offense involving violence to a person; and
(2) Clarifying that divisions or offices of DOH that refer individuals to an ARCH must disclose to the ARCH operator only the information that the particular office or division possesses at the time of the application.
Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments have been made for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ DAVID M. MATSUURA, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair |
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