STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3220

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 48

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 48 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE PROBABLE EFFECTS OF LICENSING AND REGULATING CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of the probable effects of regulating clean and sober homes as proposed under S.B. No. 2587 from the Regular Session of 2014.

     More specifically, this measure requests the Auditor to study the probable effects of implementing the recommendations of the Clean and Sober Homes and Halfway Houses task force.

     No written comments were received by your Committee.

     Your Committee finds that the licensing and regulation of clean and sober homes may substantially improve standards for clean and sober homes and halfway houses.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 48 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair