STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 510
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: H.B. No. 1462
H.D. 1
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 1462 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRISIS SERVICES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to expand
the Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program to include at least two
sites on the island of Oahu, including one program in west Oahu.
Your Committees find
that Act 86, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, established a Crisis Intervention and
Diversion Services Program within the Department of Health to expand existing
services and divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care
services. Your Committees further find
that homelessness is a significant issue on Oahu, with a noticeable presence of
unsheltered individuals, some of whom suffer from issues relating to drugs,
alcohol, or mental illness. Your Committees
believe that establishing additional crisis intervention sites on Oahu will
create vital access points for diverting individuals with mental health and
substance use disorders away from the criminal justice system and toward
appropriate health care services.
Your
Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Health to
establish a site on Oahu in an area that has been affected by a
disproportionate number of individuals with mental health conditions, substance
use disorders, and homelessness, rather than in a specific zip code;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000,
to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committees respectfully request your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider adding in an appropriation for the Department of Health to support the opening of an additional crisis intervention site. Your Committees note that the existing crisis intervention site in Iwilei has a budgeted operational cost of $4,288,000 for fiscal year 2025, not inclusive of startup costs. Your Committees also note that the actual cost for the second site may vary significantly based on the location and community need of the new site.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1462, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1462, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness,
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____________________________ LISA MARTEN, Chair |
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____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair |
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