STAND. COM. REP. NO. 881

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 732

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 732, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NON-VIOLENT RESPONSE TEAM PILOT PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Legislative Reference Bureau to study the efficacy of the Hawaii CARES program offered by the Department of Health's Behavioral Health Administration Adult Mental Health Division and submit a report to the 2022 Legislature.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from one individual.

Written comments in opposition were received from the Department of Health.

The Attorney General, Legislative Reference Bureau, and The Queen's Health Systems submitted written comments on the measure.

Your Committee finds that the study required by this measure will provide the Legislature with information on the efficacy of the behavioral health services, including crisis services, offered by the Hawaii CARES program.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) 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. 732, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 732, 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