STAND. COM. REP. NO.  568-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2659

      H.D. 1

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. 2659, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds, including a legislative reporting requirement on how appropriated funds are spent, to assist the Office of Youth Services with contracts for mental health, substance abuse, and other treatment practices proven to reduce the likelihood of recidivism among court-involved youth or youth placed on probation.

The Office of the Governor, Judiciary, Office of Youth Services, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Community Alliance on Prisons, and many individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health provided comments.

     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. 2659, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair