STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1472-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2617

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2617, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide assistance to needy families by appropriating moneys for a variety of temporary assistance programs.

This bill also directs the Department of Human Services to involve the community in planning for the future use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds and to set annual goals and outcomes for programs receiving TANF funds.

The Hawaii Family Support Institute, Catholic Charities Hawai'i, Hawaii Women Work!, National Association of Social Workers, and Maui Family Support Services, Inc. testified in support of this bill. Blueprint for Change supported the intent of this measure. A concerned individual supported this bill with amendments. The Department of Health, the Attorney General, and DHS provided comments.

 

 

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 2617, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2617, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair