STAND. COM. REP. NO.2043
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2500
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2500 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure, as received, is to increase the personal needs allowance from $20 to $30 plus additional changes yearly based on the cost of living allowance increases.
Testimony in support of this measure was received by the Executive Office on Aging, the Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and nine private individuals. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services.
Upon further consideration, your Committee amended this measure by replacing its contents with three appropriations which could potentially save this State millions of taxpayer dollars by providing for:
(1) The adoption of special needs children;
(2) Federal Supplemental Security Income for disabled children; and
(3) A federal Medicare advocacy project to increase collection of federal funds and avoid cost avoidance from the Federal Medicare Program.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2500, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2500, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health and Human Services,
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____________________________ DAVID MATSUURA, Chair |
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