STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1278-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2384

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2384, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSING INSPECTIONS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct:

 

(1)  Unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for relicensing or recertification, for certain state-licensed or state-certified care facilities on an annual basis at intervals determined by DOH; and

 

(2)  Unannounced inspections for license renewals for medical marijuana production centers and dispensaries.

 

     The Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  DOH supported this measure with amendments.  The Adult Foster Homecare Association of Hawaii, Alliance of Residential Care Administrators, and numerous individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The State Council on Developmental Disabilities commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2384, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2384, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Judiciary,

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair