STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1162

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 347

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 347, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOBILE CLINICS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the social and health care issues regarding homelessness by appropriating funds for the establishment, staffing, and operation of two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population.

Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, Hawaii Pacific Health, Institute for Human Services, The Queen's Health Systems, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Human Services, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, and Hawaii Psychological Association provided comments.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Allowing, rather than requiring, mobile clinic staff to include a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, and psychiatrist; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2070, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 347, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 347, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair