STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2278
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2269
S.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 2269 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant to Best Buddies International, Inc., for the purposes of expanding Best Buddies Hawaii chapters on the islands of Maui and Oahu and to provide valuable support to youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; the State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Best Buddies International, Inc.; Best Buddies Hawaii; Best Buddies Oahu Advisory Board; Best Buddies Maui Chapter; Lokelani ‘Ohana; and ten individuals.
Your Committee finds that Best Buddies has been a very successful program that provides opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to engage in one-on-one interactions, establish long-lasting friendships, and participate in social networking. This measure will provide Best Buddies Hawaii with funding to expand its program to the islands of Maui and Oahu.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 2269, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2269, S.D. 1, 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 |
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