STAND. COM. REP. NO. 688

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1141

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish a one-year limit on the length of time an individual may remain on conditional release if charged with a misdemeanor, petty misdemeanor, or violation;

 

     (2)  Clarify the circumstances under which the one-year conditional release status may be tolled pending an individual's hospitalization; and

 

     (3)  Require public agencies in possession of information related to a defendant's fitness to proceed to provide the information to the court.

 

     Your Committee did not accept any testimony on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Governor commissioned a special action team in June 2012 to analyze causes and identify ideas to address the systemic factors contributing to the increased rate of admission and increased length of stay of persons admitted to the Hawaii State Hospital.  This measure is the result of the special team's efforts to improve the State's forensic mental health services.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair