Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1751, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the treatment services and relapse prevention services for sex offenders under the supervision of the Hawaii Paroling Authority.

Your Committee finds those sex offenders who receive no treatment or inadequate treatment may pose a threat to the general public. Sex offender parolees lack resources to obtain adequate treatment at their own expense. Your Committee believes this measure will aid in providing appropriate and necessary treatment to rehabilitate sex offender parolees and prevent reoccurrences.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the amount appropriated from $1 to a blank amount to facilitate continued discussion on this issue.

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 H.B. No. 1751, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1751, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.