STAND. COM. REP. NO. 601

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1018

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1018, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Health to establish pilot projects to reorganize departmental divisions and offices.

 

     Specifically, this measure requires the Department of Health to:

 

     (1)  Establish four two-year pilot projects to reorganize the:

 

          (A)  Behavioral Health Services Administration;

 

          (B)  Environmental Health Administration;

 

          (C)  General administration, including the Office of the Director of Health; and

 

          (D)  Health Resources Administration;

 

     (2)  Consult with the Department of Budget and Finance and the Department of Human Resources Development regarding the reorganization; and

 

     (3)  Conduct the reorganization to make the department more cost-effective and to improve its ability to meet the needs of the community.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Hawaii Psychological Association, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that reorganization will help the Department of Health to increase efficiency and more quickly respond to the needs of specific communities and the public in general.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the reorganization of the Department of Health will be a single pilot project, instead of four separate pilot projects;

 

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Health to submit reports to the Legislature regarding the pilot project; and

 

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1018, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1018, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair