STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1078-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: S.B. No. 2481
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 2481, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH CRISIS CENTERS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to
establish a Youth Crisis Center Branch, to be headed by the Youth Crisis Center
Branch Administrator within the Office of Youth Services.
Your Committee finds that there is a
lack of collaboration between various state agencies to provide comprehensive,
data-based services to adequately identify the needs and conditions of crises
experienced by the State's youth. Your
Committee further finds that the establishment of a framework of
institutionalized youth crisis centers that can be sustained, even in the
absence of grant funding and contracted services, will disrupt the
school-to-prison pipeline, encourage the continuation of education, and provide
safer environments for the State's youth.
The establishment of a Youth Crisis Center Branch as provided by this
measure will ensure at-risk youth and youth in need of services have access to
the services and temporary shelter that they need.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060,
to encourage further discussion; and
(2) 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 S.B. No. 2481, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2481, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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