STAND. COM. REP. NO.  450

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 893

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 893 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Department of Health (DOH) to implement a respite services program.

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans, Legislative Committee of the State's Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DOH opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 893 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair