Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 3219, S.D. 2, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to streamline the process of placing individuals in community-based facilities by directing the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Human Services (DHS) to maintain an inventory of all community-based care facilities licensed or certified under their respective jurisdictions and the vacancies in those facilities.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities and Hawaii Disability Rights Center testified in support of this bill. DHS and the Department of Education supported the intent of this measure. DOH did not support this bill.

DOH expressed concerns regarding the cost of implementing this measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3219, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.