STAND. COM. REP. NO.  115-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2149

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2149 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to provide written notice to a client when transferring the client from one case worker to another, including an explanation of the transfer.

     DHS opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing language requiring DHS to provide an explanation of the reason for the transfer in the written notification;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  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. 2149, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2149, 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