STAND. COM. REP. NO.  178-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2211

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2211 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to allow the Department of Human Services to implement a maintenance payment system that complies with the federal Child Welfare Act, to increase clothing allowance payments, to reimburse caregivers and beneficiaries who received inadequate benefit amounts in the past, and to comply with additional terms of a global settlement agreement to finally resolve federal and state class action lawsuits against the Department and the State.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Services provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to promote further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2211, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2211, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

 

 

 

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair