STAND. COM. REP. NO.1374
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 597
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 597, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to make various amendments to the State's developmental disabilities law to comply with recent changes in the federal disability law.
The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Department of Health, and Disability and Communication Access Board testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the name of the State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities in various sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes; and
(2) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
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 S.B. No. 597, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 597, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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