Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 791, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide therapeutic and rehabilitative services in a residential setting and ensure that housing is available for individuals recovering from substance abuse by allowing the Department of Health (DOH) to license special treatment facilities and therapeutic living programs.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, DOH, and Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Disability Rights Center and Oxford House, Inc., opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 791, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.