STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1521_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 160
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
160 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HEALTH TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A FIVE-YEAR STATEWIDE,
     COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR
     INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL
     RETARDATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Department of Health (DOH) to develop and implement a five-year
statewide, comprehensive plan for services for individuals with
developmental disabilities or mental retardation, including:

     (1)  An assessment of the current system;

     (2)  A vision for and a philosophy of the future of
          developmental disabilities services in Hawaii; and 

     (3)  Outcome-based measures that include outcome statements,
          target areas, performance targets, milestones, and
          strategies to address and implement these measures.

     The State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities,
the Commission on Persons with Disabilities, and the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this concurrent
resolution.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association
testified in support of this measure while suggesting that DOH

 
 
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employees and their exclusive representatives should be provided
the opportunity to participate in developing the plan.  The DOH
submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by requesting that
the Director of Health submit to the Legislature an annual report
on the implementation of the plan no later than twenty days prior
to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, and 2006.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 160,
as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
160, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair