STAND. COM. REP. NO.  200

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 514

 

 

 

 

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. 514 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING A GRANT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE DEAF CENTER,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Department of Human Services (DHS) as a grant for the establishment and operation of a comprehensive deaf center.

 

     Numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  DHS and a concerned individual support the intent of this bill.

 

     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. 514 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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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair