STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3247

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 200

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 200 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE HAWAII CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Auditor conduct a financial and management audit of the Hawaii Centers for Independent Living in the State of Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Disability and Communication Access Board and thirty private citizens.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Centers for Independent Living, Hui Kupuna VIP, and forty private citizens. 

     Your Committee finds that a financial and management audit of the Hawaii Centers for Independent Living would:

     (1)  Address concerns about whether the Hawaii Centers for Independent Living is providing adequate services to consumers;

     (2)  Determine if improvement in Center operations and services are required, and if the services are being provided as required by Center contracts; and

     (3)  Reveal whether the Center has complied with the requirements of federal and state law, including the timely filing of reports with contracting agencies.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making additional note of the substance of certain testimony received at the public hearing held on March 25, 2008, and by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 200, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 200, S.D. 1.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair