STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1271

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1201

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1201, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ILLEGAL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to further develop the State's comprehensive approach to the ongoing problem of substance abuse and dependency, in general, and the "ice" epidemic in particular.

The Coalition For A Drug-Free Hawaii, Drug Addiction Services of Hawaii, Inc., Hawaii Youth Services Network, The Salvation Army, Hina Mauka, Community Alliance on Prisons, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of Education and Department of the Attorney General supported the intent of this measure. The Judiciary, Department of Health (DOH), and Department of Public Safety offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the appropriations for both the drug courts and the treatment of first-time nonviolent drug offenders sentenced by the courts since these appropriations are already included in other bills;

 

(2) Expanding the focus of the appropriation for adult treatment services to include the full continuum of treatment services, and providing DOH with flexibility in allocating funds to licensed adult treatment programs as well as currently operating therapeutic living programs;

(3) Changing the expending agency for student substance abuse referral to DOH; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1201, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1201, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair