STAND. COM. REP. NO.  130

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 870

 

 

 

 

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. 870 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERIM ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Interim Assistance Reimbursement Special Fund within the Department of Human Services to enable the Department to use Interim Assistance Reimbursement funds obtained from the federal government for state-funded financial assistance programs for persons qualifying for general assistance, assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled, and temporary assistance for needy families.

 

     The Department of Human Services and the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii 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. 870 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