CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 139-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2315

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2315, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Department of Public Safety to provide substance abuse treatment services to the inmates of the Halawa Correctional Facility.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that a substantial number of inmates incarcerated at Halawa Correctional Facility have significant substance abuse problems.  However, the Halawa Correctional Facility lacks the resources to provide substance abuse treatment services to inmates who need the services.  This measure appropriates funds to increase the availability of substance abuse treatment services at Halawa Correctional Facility.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying an appropriation amount of $110,000;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2014; and

 

     (3)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2315, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2315, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Co-Chair

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

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KANIELA ING, Co-Chair

 

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RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair