STAND. COM. REP. NO.  966-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2816

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2816, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require that:

(1)  Clean and sober homes be licensed by the Department of Health (DOH);

(2)  DOH, among other things, establish standard operating procedures; and

(3)  Operators of clean and sober homes conduct at least one public information meeting at a Neighborhood Board meeting in the area in which the home will be located.

     Many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DOH provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 2816, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2816, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair