Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 238 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this short form measure is to amend the law relating to human services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with language that makes an appropriation and establishes a community-based disaster planning and preparedness pilot program for older individuals who lack family or service agency support.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 238, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 238, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Human Services, for further consideration.