STAND. COM. REP. NO.  989

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 1175

      S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 1175, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE HOSPITAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve efficiency, workplace safety, and human resources practices at the Hawaii State Hospital, as recommended by the Senate Special Investigative Committee established pursuant to S.R. No. 3 (Regular Session of 2014).  Specifically, this measure requires the Department of Health and the Hawaii State Hospital to consider specific recommendations of the Investigative Committee and submit a written report to the Legislature prior to the 2016 and 2017 Regular Sessions on the implementation of those recommendations.

The Department of Health and the Hawaii State Hospital testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, and Hawaii Disability Rights Center provided comments.

     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 S.B. No. 1175, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair