STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1023

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 208

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 208 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure persons with developmental disabilities or mental retardation continue to have residential options by appropriating additional funds to the Department of Health for the continued operation of developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and apartment complexes offered by private service providers.

 

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, The Arc in Hawaii, Opportunities for the Retarded Inc., and The Arc of Kona testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amounts from $600,000 for

          each year of fiscal biennium 2007-2009, to an

          unspecified sum;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to

          encourage 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 208, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 208, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair