STAND. COM. REP. NO.  390

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 161

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 161 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require a report to be submitted by the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Legislature prior to the 2012 Regular Session concerning contracts awarded during the period from January 1, 2007, to June 30, 2011, to nonprofit organizations that provide domestic violence services for domestic violence victims that includes:

 

(1)  A description of the process used to award contracts;

 

(2)  A list of contract awardees and the amount of funds awarded to each organization; and

 

(3)  The number of victims receiving domestic violence services and types of assistance received.

 

     DHS submitted comments on this bill.

 

     Your Committee acknowledges that DHS will willingly provide the information requested in this bill before the next legislative session.


 

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the reporting period to coincide with the state fiscal year from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2011; and

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 161, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 161, H.D. 1, 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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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair