STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1171-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 2435
S.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2435, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION ACCESS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The Department of Human Services and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.
Your Committees note that a testifier advocating for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division stated that the contract for a telephone-based audible information access service would cost approximately $80,000. The testifier added that the Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division has helped many people with disabilities achieve gainful employment and economic self-sufficiency with assisted individuals earning wages that average $24 per hour, which ranks among the highest in the nation.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2435, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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