STAND. COM. REP. NO.  324-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2291

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2291 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERIM ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to eliminate fluctuations in the amount of General Assistance payments made to disabled individuals by:

 

(1)  Establishing the Interim Assistance Reimbursement Special Fund, which will allow the Department of Human Services to retain interim assistance reimbursements received for a prior fiscal year, as opposed to the current requirement that these funds be deposited into the general fund;

 

(2)  Authorizing the Department to expend Interim Assistance Reimbursement funds for State-funded financial assistance payments and programs that support and assist recipients to qualify for Social Security Income; and

 

(3)  Appropriating funds for specified assistance programs.

 

     The Department of Human Services and Legal Aid Hawaii supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate discussion.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2291, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2291, 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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MELE CARROLL, Chair