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.B. No. 1056 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow that plans of care for developmentally disabled persons provide for "support," rather than training, of persons in licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes. The bill also allows the Department of Health (DOH) the authority to determine the rate of payment for developmentally disabled residential services.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Disability and Communication Access Board, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Kona Krafts, and several concerned individuals supported this measure. DOH supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Human Services did not support this bill.

Your Committees find that allowing caregivers more support and flexibility is essential in assisting them to perform the job of caring for our community's developmentally disabled. As such, you Committees have amended this bill by:

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 are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1056, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1056, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.