STAND. COM. REP. NO. 87
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 914
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 914 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to amend the Hawaii Revised Statutes to conform to the Code of Federal Regulations, 45 Code of Federal Regulations section 261.2(n), relating to the temporary assistance to needy families program.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Human Services. Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that this housekeeping measure brings the Hawaii Revised Statutes into conformity with the Code of Federal Regulations relating to the temporary assistance for needy families program by:
(1) Adding the terms "other work eligible household," "non‑work eligible household," and "work-eligible household" to the list of definitions contained in section 346-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and deleting from the same section the term "exempt household" to reflect the terminology used in federal regulations; and
(2) Amending section 346-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to incorporate the newly defined terms.
Your Committee has amended the measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 914, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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