STAND. COM. REP. NO. 832-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 1362
S.D. 3
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1362, S.D. 3, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to help protect individuals receiving mental health services by:
(1) Allowing the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct criminal history record checks on employees, potential employees, and contracted providers in positions requiring direct contact with clients receiving non-witnessed direct mental health services; and
(2) Requiring DOH to develop an annual statewide comprehensive integrated service plan of the mental health system.
DOH and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee finds that investigating the criminal histories of potential employees and contract providers who work with individuals receiving mental health services from DOH will help to ensure the safety of clients.
Your Committee finds that the amendments made on the Senate floor are technical revisions that bring the statutes in alignment with the federally court-ordered Community Plan for Mental Health Services.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Amending the effective date to July 1, 2020; and
(2) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and drafting style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1362, S.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1362, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Employment.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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