STAND. COM. REP. NO.  77-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3137

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 3137 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INVESTIGATORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable the State to comply with its settlement agreement with the United States Department of Justice concerning conditions at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (Facility) by authorizing investigators appointed and commissioned by the Director of Human Services to access all information necessary to investigate incidents at the Facility.

     The Department of the Attorney General and Office of Youth Services testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3137 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair