STAND. COM. REP. NO. 123

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 426

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 426 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

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 appropriates funds for a statewide interpreter referral service for public and private agencies and for persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 426, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 426, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Human Services and Public Housing, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Public Housing,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair