STAND. COM. REP. NO.  290

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 761

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 761 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to change references in the law from "mental retardation", or similar terms, to "intellectual disability", or like terms.

 

     The Department of Health, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Special Education Center of Hawaii, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 761 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair