STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1583

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 230

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 230, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that mental health treatment, counseling, therapy, and lost earnings, including paid leave, are expenses that may be ordered as restitution to a crime victim for the psychological and emotional injuries resulting from the defendant's crime.  This measure also clarifies that restitution while a defendant is incarcerated should be payable pursuant to section 353-22.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which authorizes and sets forth procedures for enforcement of victim restitution orders by the Director of Public Safety.

The Crime Victim Compensation Commission, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Kauai, and Sex Abuse Treatment Center supported 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 S.B. No. 230, 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