STAND. COM. REP. NO. 373-10
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2010
RE: H.B. No. 1818
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1818 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support the successful transition from incarceration back to the community by directing the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to offer cognitive behavioral therapy with native Hawaiian holistic interventions in reentry/reintegration programs at Hawaii's correctional facilities.
The Community Alliance on Prisons, The Institute for Family Enrichment, LLC, Kanaka Council Moku O Keawe, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. DPS opposed this measure. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided comments.
Concerns were raised that DPS may not have sufficient resources to fulfill this mandate. However, the provisions in this bill should not negatively impact DPS' financial resources, as the bill does not mandate the integration of behavioral therapy in all of its current reentry/reintegration programs, but only for new contracts. Accordingly, your Committee finds that this bill should be moved along in the process to continue the discussion.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Inserting a severability clause; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1818, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1818, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair |
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