STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1533

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1293

      H.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 1293, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make the following emergency appropriations from the general fund:

     (1)  $11,523,511 for fiscal year (FY) 2010-2011 to the Department of Human Services (DHS) for cash support for families – self-sufficiency (HMS 211) to address the funding shortfall for cash support payments for families with dependent children;

     (2)  $45,184,770 for FY 2010-2011 to DHS for general support for self-sufficiency services (HMS 903) to address the funding shortfall for work program services and maintenance of effort contracts; and

     (3)  $520,815 for FY 2010-2011 to DHS for general assistance payments (HMS 204) to address the funding shortfall for general assistance.

     DHS, the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Child and Family Service, Protecting Hawaii's Ohana, Children, Underserved, Elderly, and Disabled, and a concerned individual supported this bill.

     Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in his Governor's Message No. 185 to the Legislature, requested immediate consideration and passage of this bill by the Legislature, citing an existing critical funding shortage.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Stipulating that, of the $45,184,770 for FY 2010-2011 appropriated to DHS for general support for self-sufficiency services (HMS 903) to address the funding shortfall for work program services and maintenance of effort contracts under this measure, $40,000,000 shall come from the Emergency Budget and Reserve Fund and $5,184,770 shall come from the General Fund; 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 S.B. No. 1293, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1293, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair