STAND. COM. REP. NO.  914

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 358

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 358, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRUG TREATMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to promote the rehabilitation of convicted drug offenders through alternatives to incarceration by authorizing the placement of certain drug offenders in secure drug treatment facilities.

 

     The Hepatitis Prevention and Support Network of Hawai'i, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     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. 358, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair