STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1957_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 64
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Labor and Public Employment,
to which was referred S.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HAWAII STATE LAW
     ON EMPLOYMENT OF SEVERELY HANDICAPPED PERSONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Commission on Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Human
Services' Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind
Division, and the Department of Human Resources to convene to:

     (1)  Conduct a comprehensive review of Hawaii state law on
          the employment of persons with severe disabilities; and

     (2)  Report the findings, recommendations, and any proposed
          legislation to the Legislature prior to the Regular
          Session of 2000.

     The Department of Human Services, the Hawaii State
Coordinating Council on Deafness, the State Planning Council on
Developmental Disabilities, the Commission on Persons with
Disabilities, the Department of Human Resources Development, Ka
Kuli Advocates, and the Aloha State Association of the Deaf
testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health
supported the intent of the measure.


 
 
 
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     Your Committees have amended this measure by replacing the
term "handicapped" with "disabled."

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Health and Labor and Public Employment that are
attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the
form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 64, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Health and Labor
                                   and Public Employment,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair         ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair