STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1016-08
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2008
RE: H.B. No. 2897
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2897, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ASSET BUILDING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to establish a three-year pilot project to conduct and expand asset-building classes for individuals with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities.
The Hawaii Disability Rights Center and Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. DHS and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities provided comments.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2897, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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