Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2769 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the residential and community-based treatment of mentally ill adults by allowing transitional residential and semi-supervised independent living facilities to be accredited rather than licensed.

The Department of Health testified in support of this measure.

Your Committees find that current licensing requirements unnecessarily restrict community-based housing options for mentally ill adults residing in less restrictive settings. This measure will allow recovering mentally ill adults in these settings to fully resume their self-care rehabilitation and recovery in their transition to independent living.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2769, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.