STAND. COM. REP. NO. 204-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2271
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2271, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable persons with
developmental disabilities to live independent and productive
lives in the community by appropriating funds to match federal
funds for the Medicaid Home and Community based Services Waiver
Program (Program).

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
State Department of Health, Department of Human Services, State
Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and
Communication Access Board, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and
The Arc in Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that the best treatment for individuals
with developmental disabilities is to be independent, productive,
and integrated within the community.  The appropriation of funds
to match federal funds in the Program would assist in providing
this treatment to many individuals.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure as received to
reflect that there are over seven hundred individuals who may be
eligible for the Program waitlist, and by making technical, non-
substantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style. 


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2271, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in
the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2271, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair