Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3068, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of Hawaii's residents by appropriating funds from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund for a variety of essential health and human services programs.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the County of Maui Office of the Mayor, Child Welfare Services State Advisory Council, Hawaii Youth Services Network, National Association of Social Workers (with reservations), Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, American Academy of Pediatrics, Hoola Lahui Hawaii, Kauai Community Health Center, Kaiser Permanente, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure. Supporting this bill with amendments were the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Hana Community Health Center, and two individuals. Hawaii Youth Services Network supported the intent of the bill, and the Judiciary, Department of Health, Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline, Hawaii Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and two individuals offered comments. The Department of Budget and Finance and the Department of Human Services opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010; and

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. 3068, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3068, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.