Bill Text: HI SB2536 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Clean and Sober Home and Halfway House Task Force; Pilot Clean and Sober Home and Halfway House; Report

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-07-10 - (S) Vetoed on 07-10-12 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1397). [SB2536 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2536-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1246-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2536

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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 Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2536 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES AND HALFWAY HOUSES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a Clean and Sober Home and Halfway House Task Force to, among other things:

 

     (1)  Develop a plan of accountability for clean and sober homes and halfway houses to ensure compliance with occupancy and other requirements;

 

     (2)  Conduct an inventory of clean and sober homes statewide, identifying current occupancy levels, and determining compliance with county zoning laws and tax requirements;

 

     (3)  Balance community concerns with the needs of individuals requiring clean and sober homes and halfway houses; and

 

     (4)  Report to the 2013 Legislature on the scope and nature of the accountability plan for clean and sober homes and halfway houses, the process by which the houses will be monitored, the way in which concerns of the community members are balanced with the concerns of those requiring the support of the homes, and how the homes will be regulated short of direct governmental oversight.

    

     The Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition and several concerned individuals supported the measure.  The Department of Health opposed the measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2536, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2536, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

 

 

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair