STAND. COM. REP. NO.  329

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1096

      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 H.B. No. 1096 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make certain statutory sections consistent with federal regulations by adding definitions for "non-work eligible household," "other work eligible household," and "work eligible household," to sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes applying to the Department of Human Services (DHS).

     DHS testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; 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 H.B. No. 1096, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1096, 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