STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1299

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 18
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Economic
Development, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 18 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE INCORPORATION
     OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY CONSIDERATIONS IN ALL APPROPRIATE
     ADMINISTRATION MEASURES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Governor
incorporate assistive technology considerations and language in
all administration measures relating to persons with
disabilities.  The measure also requests the Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop incentives
to encourage out-of-state businesses and vendors that provide
assistive technology devices to increase their supplies.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development,
and Tourism, the State Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities, the Commission Persons with Disabilities, and
Hawaii Assistive Technology Training & Services.

     Your Committees find that assistive technology devices
enable individuals with disabilities to see, hear, maneuver, and
communicate, providing a vital means of performing activities
related to daily life in an independent manner.  Your Committees
are strongly supportive of this measure as a means of attaining a
higher quality of life for all persons with disabilities.


 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Health and Human Services and Economic Development
that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the
intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 18, and recommend that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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