STAND. COM. REP. NO.  884-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3400

      H.D. 2

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. 3400, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the health and welfare of children by requiring the Department of Human Services (DHS) to amend its administrative rules to add "legal guardians" to the definition of a specified relative for purposes of determining eligibility for state-funded family assistance.

     The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  DHS testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 3400, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3400, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair