STAND. COM. REP. NO.  474

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1430

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1430 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to fund the establishment and operation of a comprehensive service center for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals by appropriating funds to the Department of Human Services.

 

     The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advisory Board, Aloha State Association of the Deaf, and numerous individuals testified in support of the measure.  The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Department of Human Services, the Disability and Communication Access Board, and several individuals testified in support of the intent of the measure.

 

     Your Committee recognizes that prior bills have attempted to effectuate the purpose of this measure but due to technical failures have not passed out of committee.  After receiving strong expressions of community support for the establishment of a comprehensive service center, your Committee has amended this measure to achieve this common goal.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Including specific dollar amounts for appropriations for the establishment and operational costs of a comprehensive service center; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 1430, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1430, 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