STAND. COM. REP. NO. 82-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2511
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2511 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to give the Department of Human
Services (DHS) more flexibility in providing a continuum of
services for eligible disabled individuals by allowing DHS to
employ civil service and noncivil service personnel to staff its
Medicaid waiver programs.

     DHS testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that since DHS currently employs both
permanent civil service and exempt personnel, this measure will
allow DHS to fully use its personnel pool to support all services
provided through the Adult and Community Care Services Branch.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2511 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committees on Labor and Public Employment and
Finance.


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



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair