STAND. COM. REP. NO.  508

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 947

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 947 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECORDS OF FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create an effective and safe treatment environment at the Hawaii State Hospital (Hospital) by requiring that the court provide a copy of the court examination report with the order of commitment or order for conditional release to the Hospital.  

The Department of Health provided testimony in support of the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 947 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 Health,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair