STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1839-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2885

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2885, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish within the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions a working group to develop a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the establishment of the working group and implementation of the Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness; Aloha United Way; The Institute for Human Services, Inc.; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services; Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; and AlohaCare.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 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. 2885, 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. 2885, 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