STAND. COM. REP. NO.  419-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2816

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2816 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Health (DOH) to license substance abuse rehabilitation homes to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the homes.

 

     DOH provided comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the term "substance abuse rehabilitation homes" to "clean and sober homes";

 

     (2)  Requiring the operator of a clean and sober home to obtain a general excise tax license;

 

     (3)  Requiring DOH to set occupancy limits based on room size, rather than the cost of the housing rental;

 

     (4)  Requiring the operator of a clean and sober home to conduct at least one public informational meeting at a neighborhood board or county council meeting prior to commencing operations;

 

     (5)  Establishing a task force comprised of DOH's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division service providers to make recommendations to DOH for standard operating procedures for clean and sober homes; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2816, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2816, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair