STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1062-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.B. No. 2539
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2539, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SPECIAL ACTION TEAM FOR THE HAWAII STATE HOSPITAL,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish a special action team for the Hawaii State Hospital, to:
(1) Assist and advise the Department of Health in addressing capacity and census issues at the Hawaii State Hospital; and
(2) Expedite the development there of a new forensic facility ready for occupancy by June 30, 2019.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Making the appropriation an unspecified amount;
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $50,000 for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the administration and operation of the special action team for the Hawaii State Hospital.
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. 2539, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2539, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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