STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1520_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 145
                                     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.R. No. 145
entitled:

     "HOUSE 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 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 resolution.  The
Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of
this measure while suggesting that DOH employees and their

 
 
 
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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 the
Director of Health to submit to the Legislature an annual report
on the implementation to 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.R. No. 145, as
amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 145,
H.D. 1.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair