Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 429 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for four rehabilitation teachers to teach blindness skills to individuals 55 or older with legal blindness or severe visual impairment to live as independently as possible.

The National Federation of the Blind and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services commented on the bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 429 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.