STAND. COM. REP. NO. 142

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1322

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 1322 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a task force within the Department of Health to develop and make recommendations for trauma-informed care in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Executive Office on Early Learning, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Office of the Mayor of the County of Kauai, Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii Pacific Health, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Vibrant Hawaii, Hawaii Kids CAN, Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks!, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Kinai Eha, and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that early adverse childhood experiences can negatively impact the development in children, leading to future learning, health, and behavioral problems. Your Committee further finds that providing children with positive relationships with stable non-relative adults can help mitigate the harmful effects of early adverse childhood experiences.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the membership of the task force;

(2) Requiring the task force develop an implementation and sustainability plan;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1322, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1322, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair