STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1728-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.C.R. No. 140
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.C.R. No. 140, S.D. 1, entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from three individuals.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Your Committee finds that, given the Division's ongoing reorganization, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division should be reviewed to determine its effectiveness and efficiency.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Narrowing the scope of the review to focus on goals, objectives, and rationale of the Division's reorganization plan, including:
(A) How the Division operated and provided services to its clients prior to initiating its reorganization plan;
(B) If available from the Department of Health, data that would assist the Legislature in determining the Division's baseline effectiveness in meeting its mandated duties prior to the initiation of its reorganization plan;
(C) How the Division developed its reorganization plan, the reasons for the reorganization, and the timetable for the implementation of the plan;
(D) How the Division's reorganization plan meets current best practices;
(E) What performance benchmarks and monitoring protocols the Division has included in its reorganization plan in order to measure the reorganization's effectiveness;
(F) If data is available from the Department of Health, projected client population growth over the next five fiscal years and how the reorganized Division plans on meeting the needs of the increased population;
(G) How the Division will be ensuring that it is maximizing reimbursements from and cost sharing opportunities with the federal government;
(H) How the Division is collaborating with the Department of Health's other relevant divisions or sister agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, the Office of Youth Services, and the Judiciary;
(I) A description of the information technology component of the Division's planned reorganization to include:
(i) The objectives of the information technology component;
(ii) The development, implementation, and operation costs of the information technology component;
(iii) Actual and projected federal matching funds to be received for the development, implementation, and operation costs of the information technology component;
(iv) Protocols that the Division has or will have in place to ensure that vendor and maintenance costs remain at or below a level that is considered acceptable based on industry or best practices standards; and
(v) Protocols that the Division has or will have in place to ensure that the information technology component will operate according to the Division's contract specifications; and
(J) The initial costs of the Division's reorganization plan, costs of any foreseeable disruptions in client service or provider reimbursements, and estimated ongoing annual operating costs for the next five fiscal years to maintain the Division in its reorganized form; and
(2) Clarifying that certain aspects of the data and information to be included in the review will be provided by the Department of Health;
(3) Requesting the Department of Health and other appropriate agencies to provide any requested data to the Legislative Reference Bureau by August 1, 2016; and
(4) Adding the Director of Human Services, Superintendent of Education, Chief Justice, and the Executive Director of the Office of Youth Services to the list of persons that are to receive a certified copy 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 140, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 140, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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