STAND. COM. REP. NO. 812-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 2280
H.D. 2
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 H.B.
No. 2280, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to
address the persistent security problems at the Hawaii State Hospital in
Kaneohe, Oahu by appropriating funds to the Department of Health for the
purchase of electronic security devices, additional lighting, signage, and
cameras and authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund capital
improvement projects including gates, relocation of a guard shack and entry
road, and the design and construction of a security fence. This measure
additionally requires the Department of Health to report to the Legislature on
the progress of implementing its security corrective action plan, the number of
escapes in the prior year, and other findings and legislative recommendations.
The Department of Health and Oahu
County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii
supported this measure. One concerned individual opposed this measure.
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 H.B. No. 2280, H.D. 2, 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
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