STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2022

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 149
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.C.R. No.
149, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY FOR A
     COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW TO ASSESS SERVICES FOR DEAF, HARD OF
     HEARING, AND DEAF-BLIND POPULATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution, as received, is
to request the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB), in conjunction
with the Commission on Persons with Disabilities (Commission),
and the Department of Health's Vocational Rehabilitation and
Services for Blind Division, to conduct a comprehensive review to
assess services for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind
populations.

     Among other things, this measure specifies that a proviso be
included in the General Appropriations Act of 1999 to provide
necessary funds for auxiliary aids and services in conducting the
study and in assisting in the work of the task force.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  deleting the proviso language;

     (2)  designating the Commission as the lead agency, with the
          assistance of LRB, to conduct the comprehensive review;
          and

 
 
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     (3)  requesting the Commission, instead of LRB, to submit an
          interim report to the Legislature no later than twenty
          days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of
          2000, and a final report to the Legislature no later
          than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular
          Session of 2001.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 149,
S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 149, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair