STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1041-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2387
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Education, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2387, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote the efficient use of
assistive technology devices by:

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Education (DOE) to sell an
          assistive technology device to a student with a
          disability, upon request and at a depreciated price, as
          the student leaves the school system; and

     (2)  Requiring that procuring agencies receive training
          regarding procurement of such devices from the
          assistive technology project designated for Hawaii
          under the federal Assistive Technology Act of 1998.

     The Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii and
several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The
State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities testified in
support of the intent of this measure.  DOE opposed this measure.
The State Procurement Office submitted comments.

     Your Committees believe that students leaving the school
system who continue to use assistive technology devices that they
are familiar with and which meet their special needs would be

 
 
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provided many new opportunities to enhance their job skills and
education, which would eventually lead to employment and
independent living.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Authorizing, instead of requiring, DOE to sell an
          assistive technology device to a student with a
          disability, upon request and at a depreciated price, as
          the student leaves the school system;

     (2)  Creating a new section in chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised
          Statutes (HRS), instead of amending section 103D-1213,
          HRS, for the purposes of this measure;

     (3)  Requiring DOE to account for every assistive technology
          device purchased in the last five years, and report
          back to the Legislature; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Health and Education that are attached to this
report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2387, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
2387, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Health and
                                   Education,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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KEN ITO, Chair                     ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair