STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1911-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2047

      S.D. 3

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2047, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the State Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the mental health services provided to inmates and pre-trial detainees at Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC), Halawa Correctional Facility (HCF), and Women's Community Correctional Center (WCCC) to determine whether the Department of Public Safety is:

 

     (1)  Maintaining standards required under the Corrective Action Plan pursuant to the agreement with the federal Department of Justice at OCCC; and

 

     (2)  Meeting and maintaining national correctional mental health care standards at HCF and WCCC.

 

This measure also appropriates funds to the Auditor for this purpose.

 

     The Department of Public Safety, Community Alliance on Prisons, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Mental Health America of Hawaii, Homanapono Political Action Committee, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Office of the Auditor, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice, Common Cause Hawaii, Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 152, AFL-CIO, Hawaii Justice Coalition, and several concerned individuals provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2047, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair