STAND. COM. REP. NO.  35

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 94

      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 Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 94 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Hawaii State Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the Department of Human Services (DHS) in relation to the public assistance programs that it administers.

dhs and a concerned individual provided testimony in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage 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 Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 94, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 94, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

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

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair