STAND. COM. REP. NO.  744-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2540

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2540, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage individuals with disabilities to gain employment and improve their employment opportunities by establishing a medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities.

 

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Lanakila Pacific, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Department of Human Services and Hawaii Disability Rights Center provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2540, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair