STAND. COM. REP. NO. 224

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 794

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 794 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Department of Defense for the State Civil Defense Emergency Supply Program.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from State Civil Defense, Disability and Communication Access Board, and State Council on Developmental Disabilities.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State Civil Defense needs funding to purchase equipment for emergency shelters that will be designated for individuals with special health needs, including persons with disabilities.  This measure would increase the number and dispersion of community emergency shelters to provide augmented health support for individuals with ongoing enhanced special health needs requiring a heightened level of attention.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 794 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair