STAND. COM. REP. NO.  785

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1430

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to fund the establishment and operation of a comprehensive service center for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals by appropriating funds to the Department of Human Services for this purpose.

 

     The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advisory Board, Community Alliance for Mental Health, United Self Help, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Department of Human Services and the Disability and Communication Access Board submitted comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the specified amounts of the appropriations;

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(3)  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 H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair