STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1199

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1036
                                     S.D. 3
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to
which was referred S.B. No. 1036, S.D. 3, entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Consolidate the Hawaii State Coordinating Council on
          Deafness, the Commission on Persons with Disabilities,
          and the Architectural Access Committee by establishing
          the Disability and Communication Access Board; and

     (2)  Create the Developmental Disabilities Special Fund
          (Special Fund);

     (3)  Require the Department of Health (DOH) to administer
          supported living stipends for persons with
          developmental disabilities or mental retardation
          (DD/MR);

     (4)  Appropriate funds for increased home and community
          based services for persons with DD/MR; and

     (5)  Require the Legislative Auditor to conduct an
          independent financial evaluation of case management
          services provided by DOH and to report to the
          Legislature prior to the 2000 Regular Session.

 
 
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     The Department of Transportation testified in support of
this bill.  DOH, the Department of Human Services, the
Architectural Access Committee, the Hawaii State Coordination
Council on Deafness, the State Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities, the Commission on Persons with Disabilities, the
Arc of Kauai, and the Arc in Hawaii commented on this bill.

     Upon consideration, your Committees have amended this bill
by:

     (1)  Deleting:

          (a)  The establishment of the Special Fund;

          (b)  The requirement that DOH administer stipends for
               persons with DD/MR;

          (c)  The appropriation of funds for increased home and
               community based services for persons with DD/MR;
               and

          (d)  The requirement of an independent financial
               evaluation of case management services by the
               Legislative Auditor;

          and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1036, S.D. 3, as amended herein,
and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1036, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Legislative Management.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Health and Human
                                   Services and Housing,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair       DENNIS ARAKAKI, Chair