STAND. COM. REP. NO.  900

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 761

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 761 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to change references in the law from "mental retardation", or similar terms, to "intellectual disability", or like terms.

     The Department of Health, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Kauai Developmental Disabilities Committee, the Maui Developmental Disabilities Committee, the Disability and Communication Access Board, the Special Education Advisory Council, Best Buddies Hawaii, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 761, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 761, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair