STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1629-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2345

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. 2345, S.D. 2, 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) Authorize the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies; and

(2) Appropriate funds for positions and training and certification of officers in mental health first aid and the crisis intervention team model.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health; State Council on Mental Health; Disability and Communication Access Board; Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; Hawai‘i Primary Care Association; Alzheimer's Association - Hawaii; State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers; Opportunity Youth Action Hawai‘i; Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii; Hawai‘i Psychological Association; and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Department of Law Enforcement; Office of the Public Defender; Executive Office on Aging; and The Queen's Health System.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the number of positions established by this measure to an unspecified number; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2345, 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. 2345, 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