HCR 63: requesting the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation To make available to correctional facility staff members throughout the State clinical counseling services that are separate and distinct from the existing mental health resources available to inmates.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2025-03-05
Current Status:
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(2025-03-27: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).)
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requesting the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation To make available to correctional facility staff members throughout the State clinical counseling services that are separate and distinct from the existing mental health resources available to inmates.
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation To make available to correctional facility staff members throughout the State clinical counseling services that are separate and distinct from the existing mental health resources available to inmates.
WHEREAS, working in a correctional facility carries inherent risks to the mental health of staff members due to their exposure to direct and vicarious trauma in this setting; and
WHEREAS, the mental health of correctional facility staff members should be prioritized to prevent burnout, compassion fatigue, post-traumatic stress, and the development or exacerbation of other mental health conditions; and
WHEREAS, in-house clinical counseling is an appropriate and needed method for addressing the mental health of correctional facility staff members; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to make available to correctional facility staff members throughout the State clinical counseling services that are separate and distinct from the existing mental health resources available to inmates; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation is urged to utilize a portion of the operating funds of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to make clinical counseling services available to correctional facility staff members throughout the State, including hiring additional clinical counselors, psychologists, or other appropriate mental health service providers as necessary; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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DCR; In-House Clinical Counseling Services; Correctional Facility Staff
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| Mar 27, 2025 | Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4). |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1590), recommending referral to FIN. |
| Mar 21, 2025 | The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Woodson. |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Resolution scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 03-21-25 9:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 22 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Offered |
| Mar 5, 2025 | To be offered. |
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| Mar 21, 2025 | The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED | House Standing Committee on Public Safety |
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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1590
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: H.C.R. No. 63
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 63 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE CLINICAL COUNSELING SERVICES THAT ARE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM THE EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO INMATES"
begs leave to report as follows:
Only one individual provided written testimony in support of this resolution.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 63 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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Testimony PDF
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| Mar 20, 2025 | HCR63_TESTIMONY_PBS_03-21-25_.PDF |
Discussed in Hearing
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House Standing Committee on Public Safety
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