STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2774

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2811

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2811 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 to abolish the requirement established by Section 2 of Act 213, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, for the Department of Human Resources Development to report annually to the Legislature on expenditures of qualified community rehabilitation programs and related activities.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Human Resources Development does not contract with qualified community rehabilitation programs.  Consequently, the Department of Human Resources Development does not have any data to report on behalf of the State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2811 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair