STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3070

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2737

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2737, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds to develop a long-term care facility at the Guensberg Building at Hawaii State Hospital.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association, Partners in Care, and Hawaii Psychological Association.

Your Committee finds that certain individuals with behavioral health needs, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and cognitive needs would be best served by an appropriate facility at Hawaii State Hospital.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount of the bond authorization from $53,500,000 to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion on the measure;

(2) Inserting language that explicitly appropriates the bond revenues for the construction project; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes 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. 2737, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2737, 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