STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1955_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 151
                                     S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No.
151, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HEALTH TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A FIVE-YEAR STATEWIDE,
     COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR
     INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL
     RETARDATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the
Department of Health to develop and implement a five-year
statewide, comprehensive strategic plan for services and supports
for individuals with developmental disabilities.

     Section 333F-2(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the
Department of Health to ". . . develop, lead, administer,
coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and set direction for a
comprehensive system of supports and services for persons with
developmental disabilities or mental retardation. . ."  The
Developmental Disabilities Division last developed a plan for
1990-1994, entitled "A Plan for Services for Persons with
developmental Disabilities or Mental Retardation, 1990-1994."
This Concurrent Resolution requests the Department of Health to
produce another five-year plan, considering the development of
significant changes in the developmental disabilities service
system.

 
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     The Concurrent Resolution requests the Department of Human
Services to participate in the development and implementation of
the plan and requests the Department of Health to include the
collective bargaining exclusive representatives of the Department
of Health employees in the development and implementation of the
plan.  The Department of Health is to report to the Legislature
on the plan and its implementation before the Regular Sessions of
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
the State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, the
HGEA-AFSCME, and the Commission on Persons with Disabilities.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 151,
S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

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



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                                   ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair

 
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