Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 40 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities (HSCDD) allow the Residential Settings Task Force (Task Force) to continue to convene and identify issues and solutions regarding individuals who are developmentally disabled (DD) and their choice of residential setting.

The HSCDD, Department of Health, the Judiciary, Disability and Communication Access Board, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, The Arc in Hawaii, and the Arc of Kauai supported this bill.

HSCDD testified that due to the time constraints, the Task Force did not finish its study within the prescribed time period. As a result, the HSCDD is being requested to continue the Task Force to enable it to complete its work.

Your Committees find that investigating the needs of Hawaii's developmentally disabled is an important step in finding viable solutions.

Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by making technical, nonsubtantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 40, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 40, H.D. 1.