HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Rep. Mele Carroll, Chair |
Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi, Vice Chair |
Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
Rep. Richard Creagan |
Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Justin H. Woodson |
Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Beth Fukumoto |
Rep. Della Au Belatti, Chair |
Rep. Dee Morikawa, Vice Chair |
Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Richard Creagan |
Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Justin H. Woodson |
Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Lauren Kealohilani Matsumoto |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
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10:30AM |
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Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to provide primary medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to uninsured and underinsured patients and restores basic adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees. Appropriates moneys to community health centers to provide outreach and eligibility services as well as behavioral services and to establish health care homes for medicaid enrollees.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to DOH and DHS for homelessness service programs. Mandates the establishment of the return-to-home program. Transfers the homeless assistance working group from DHS to the legislature. Requires chairpersons of the committees on human services of the senate and the house of representatives to convene the homeless assistance working group.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Part I: Appropriates funds to the department of health for substance abuse treatment, mental health support services, and clean and sober housing services. Part II: Appropriates funds for a rental assistance program, also known as a shallow subsidy program. Parts III and IV: Appropriates funds to the department of human services to continue to administer housing first programs for chronically homeless individuals and to reestablish the homeless prevention and rapid re-housing program. Part V: Appropriates matching funds for the federal continuum of care permanent supportive housing programs to provide rental assistance in connection with supportive services. Part VI: Appropriates funds for the homeless assistance working group. Part VII: Transfers the homeless assistance working group from the department of human services to the legislature. Requires the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives committees on human services to convene the homeless assistance working group instead of the director of human services, or a designee.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Mele Carroll Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Della Au Belatti Chair |