STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2848

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1698

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1698 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is eliminate the requirement for the Department of Human Resources Development to submit annual reports to the Legislature regarding expenditures of qualified community rehabilitation programs and related activities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development.

     According to testimony submitted by the Department of Human Resources Development, the amendments made to section 76-77(16), Hawaii Revised Statutes, by Act 213, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, applies only to the three counties and not to the State.  Since the Department of Human Resources Development administers the human resources program for the State, and the county personnel directors are the chief administrators of their respective county human resources programs, information about county expenditures on qualified community rehabilitation programs is not available to the Department.  Additionally, since section 76-77(16), Hawaii Revised Statutes, does not permit the state executive branch to contract with qualified community rehabilitation programs, the Department of Human Resources Development does not have anything to report on behalf of the State.  This measure therefore eliminates the unnecessary reporting requirement of the Department of Human Resources Development.

     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. 1698, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair