CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 116

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

RE:    H.B. No. 761

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 761, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose and intent of this bill is to amend references in the Hawaii Revised Statutes by substituting "intellectual disability", or like term, wherever the term "mental retardation", or like term, appears, in order to bring language within the Hawaii Revised Statutes in line with language recognized by the federal government under Public Law 111-256.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making

technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 761, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 761, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair