STAND. COM. REP. NO.  700-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2224

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2224, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GROUP HOMES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help residents and prospective residents of clean and sober group homes to access a stable, alcohol- and drug-free, home-like living environment in residences that are in compliance with federal, state, and county requirements and minimum quality standards by:

 

     (1)  Establishing a registry for clean and sober homes within the Department of Health; and

 

     (2)  Amending the relevant statute on county zoning to delete redundant or obsolete language and to comply with federal fair housing law.

 

     The Department of Health; Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Department of Public Safety; and Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition testified in support of 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. 2224, 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