STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3201

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2469

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2469, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for purchasing, staffing, and operating two mobile clinics to serve homeless individuals; provided that one of the mobile clinics is allocated to the county with the largest land mass.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Hawaii County Council, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, and Democratic Party of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

 

     Your Committee finds that the delivery of behavioral health and substance abuse services through mobile clinics will complement and strengthen existing services, especially for rural areas that lack public transportation and a nearby health center.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Setting forth the requirements of the program and the appropriation for that program in separate sections to comport with accepted drafting conventions;

 

(2)  Clarifying that mobile clinics shall provide certain listed services;

 

(3)  Deleting a provision specifying that procurements for mobile clinics are subject to Chapters 103D and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, since the procurement code automatically applies to expenditure of the funds;

 

(4)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

 

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

 

(6)  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. 2469, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2469, 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