STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1010-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1831

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1831, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRISIS INTERVENTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish and appropriate funds for a Behavioral Health Crisis Center Pilot Program; and

(2) Authorize the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; State Council on Mental Health; Disability and Communication Access Board; Office of Housing and Community Development of the County of Hawaii; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; Community Alliance on Prisons; Hawaii Medical Association; Mental Health America of Hawaiʻi; AlohaCare; Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi; The Queen's Health System; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition.

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. 1831, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair