STAND. COM. REP. NO.  931

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 18

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 18 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO ADVISE THE SPECIAL ACTION TEAM ON THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS NECESSARY FOR FELONY CASES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Strengthen inter-governmental and inter-agency collaboration pertaining to the adult mental health system; and

(2)  More effectively manage the census of the Hawaii State Hospital,

by requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to advise the Special Action Team on the optimal number of forensic examinations necessary for each individual committed to the Hawaii State Hospital who is charged with a felony, relative to the practices in other states and jurisdictions.

The Department of Health, Community Alliance for Mental Health, United Self Help, and The Mestizo Association supported this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 18, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 18, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair