Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1006 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorizes the Deapartment of Health (DOH) to adopt rules to establish an administrative process allowing involuntary medication of psychiatric patients institutionalized at the Hawaii state-operated or funded psychiatric facility to alleviate mental illness and restore competency while protecting the rights of patients.

DOH and the Hawaii Government Employees' Association supported the intent of this measure. The Hawaii Disability Rights Center and a concerned individual opposed this bill.

Your Committee finds that this measure deserves further consideration both in content and in intent.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Adding language setting forth policy on how psychotropic

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,

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 H.B. No. 1006, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1006, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.