STAND. COM. REP. NO.  27

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 868

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 868 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELIMINATING THE ASSET LIMIT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to disregard the $5,000 asset limit and the value of any vehicles in determining the needs of households with minor children applying for public assistance from the Department of Human Services.

 

     The Department of Human Services, Office of Community Services, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the Hawaii Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development, the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc., Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Community Alliance for Mental Health, and two individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 868 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 Human Services,

 

 

 

 

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MELE CARROLL, Chair