STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1546-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2833

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2833, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EXEMPTION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase access to home- and community-based services by extending the exemption for domestic in-home and community-based services for persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities from laws relating to unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and the Prepaid Health Care Act to such services when the services are provided through state-funded medical assistance to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid.

The Department of Human Services, Department of Health, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2833, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2833, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair