STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1478-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 192

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 192 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF A SECURE FORENSIC FACILITY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety to convene a task force to:

 

(1)  Develop a plan for the design, development, construction, and operation of a secure forensic facility; and

 

(2)  With respect to developing the plan, examine ways to:

 

(A)  Address the needs of individuals committed to the custody of the Director of Health and who may require strict security, and individuals committed to the custody of the Director of Public Safety and who require intensive mental health treatment; and

 

(B)  Determine whether the needs of these groups of individuals may be more effectively addressed in different settings.

 

     The Department of Health, Department of Public Safety, and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Public Safety & Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 192 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

 

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair