Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1512, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to take steps to reduce domestic violence by authorizing the Director of Health to establish domestic violence fatality review teams to conduct multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews of domestic violence fatalities.

The Judiciary, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Health, County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Office of Information Practices provided comments.

Your Committees note that this measure was previously amended to expand the definition of "victim" to include both adults and children. However, provisions for a child death review currently exist in statute.

Accordingly, your Committees have amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1512, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1512, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.