STAND. COM. REP. NO.  247

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   H.B. No. 257

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 257 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to effectuate its title.

 

     H.B. No. 257 was introduced as a short-form bill, which is sometimes referred to as a "vehicle" bill primarily used to introduce a bill containing only a general idea as to the purpose of the bill without specific details in the long form.

 

     Your Committee has amended the bill to provide the substantive contents of the bill in long form so that a public hearing may be properly held on its substantive contents.

 

     The purpose of this measure, as amended, is to:

 

     (1)  Authorize the use of private lands for the Ohana Zones Pilot Program;

 

     (2)  Extend the Ohana Zones Pilot Program to June 30, 2022; and

 

     (3)  Extend the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program and the Medical Respite Pilot Program to June 30, 2020.

 

     No testimony was submitted on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the action to report out H.B. No. 257, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness, for the purpose of holding a public hearing thereon, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 257, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Homelessness,

 

 

 

 

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JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair