STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1558-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 135
                                     S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 135, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     HUMAN SERVICES TO CONVENE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERAGENCY GROUP
     TO EXAMINE WAYS TO ADVOCATE THE CAPTURE AND MAXIMIZATION OF
     FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT HAWAII'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
     PROGRAMS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Human Services (DHS) to convene a working group to find out how
to maximize federal funding assistance for Hawaii's health and
human services programs.

     The Legal Aid Society, the Welfare & Employment Rights
Coalition, the Hawaii Coalition for Affordable Long Term Care,
and the Kokua Council testified in support of this measure.  DHS
testified in support of this measure with amendments.

     Your Committees find that Hawaii, compared to similarly
situated states, is not receiving its maximum possible share of
federal funding for health and human services programs.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Human Services and Housing and Health that are
attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 135, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Chair       DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair