STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1303

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 151 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 measure is to request the Department of
Health (DOH) to develop and implement a five-year statewide,
comprehensive strategic plan for services and supports for
individuals with developmental disabilities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health (DOH), State Planning Council on
Developmental Disabilities, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, The Arc
of Hilo, The Arc in Hawaii, Goodwill Industries Hawaii, and
Hawaii Government Employees Association.

     There are an estimated 12,040 persons in Hawaii with
developmental disabilities.  Of these, over 2,400 are served by
the DOH, Developmental Disabilities Division (DDD).  Section
333F-2(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the DOH 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 DDD last developed a plan for 1990-1994, entitled "A Plan for

 
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Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities or Mental
Retardation, 1990-1994".  This measure requests the DOH to
produce another five-year plan, considering the development of
significant changes in the developmental disabilities service
system.

     Your Committee's intent is that the DOH have flexibility in
determining the matters to be included in the statewide,
comprehensive plan, even though this measure is very specific in
enumerating the contents of the plan which are intended to be
guidelines rather than mandates.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Including the participation of the Department of Human
          Services in the development and implementation of the
          plan;

     (2)  Including the collective bargaining exclusive
          representatives of the DOH employees in the development
          and implementation of the plan; and

     (3)  Requesting the Director of Health to report to the
          Legislature on the plan and its implementation before
          the Regular Sessions of 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and
          2006.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 151, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 151, S.D. 1.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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