STAND. COM. REP. NO. 967

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 572

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Auditor to perform a comprehensive performance audit of the Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and two individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of the Auditor.

Your Committee finds that recent suicides and other deaths among inmates highlight the need to review whether the Department of Public Safety provides necessary mental health services to inmates and pre-trial detainees. Your Committee further finds the estimated cost of the proposed audit of the department to be $200,000.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 572, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair