STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1389

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1054
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1054 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SUNSET CLAUSE IN ACT 128,
     SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1997,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable persons convicted of
substance abuse, but who are complying with treatment or who have
not refused or failed to comply with treatment, to continue to
receive financial assistance from the federal Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families and Food Stamp programs by
repealing the sunset date of Act 128, Session Laws of Hawaii
1997.

     The Department of Human Services, the Department of Health,
and the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition testified in support of
this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1054 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair