STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1101

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 914

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 914, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to conform statutes relating to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to recent changes in federal regulation by:

     (1)  Adding definitions for "non-work eligible household," "work eligible household," and "other work eligible household"; and

     (2)  Conforming existing provisions to the new definitions.

     The Department of Human Services supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying the definition of "work eligible household" to specify that at least one member is either an adult receiving assistance under the TANF program or a non-recipient parent, neither of whom is a non-work eligible or other work eligible individual; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 914, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 914, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair