STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2139

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 894

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 894, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Extend the sunset date of the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force established by Act 209, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to June 30, 2025, and require it to serve as an advocacy board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience; and

(2) Beginning July 1, 2025, transfer the Office of Wellness and Resilience from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Human Services and formalize the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force as an advocacy board to the Office of Wellness and Resilience, to be known as the Wellness and Resilience Advocacy Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Executive Office on Early Learning, Office of Wellness and Resilience, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Opportunity Youth Action Hawai‘i, HawaiiKidsCAN, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Parents and Children Together, Kamehameha Schools, EPIC ‘Ohana, Hawai‘i Children's Action Network Speaks!, and three individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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. 894, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 894, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair