STAND. COM. REP. NO.  467

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 131

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 131 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOBILITY MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a Task Force on Mobility Management within the Department of Health to make recommendations on establishing a transportation framework to assist elders and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in rural communities.

Two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the makeup of the Task Force membership by:

(A)  Removing the Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Primary Care Association;

(B)  Adding an additional administrator of a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic, and specifying that one administrator shall be from a rural community and the other administrator shall be from an urban community; and

(C)  Adding the Director of Health;

(2)  Expressly authorizing the Director of Health and the county Directors of Transportation Services to be represented by their designees;

(3)  Reducing the appropriation amount for fiscal year 2014-2015 from $60,000 to $30,000;

(4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

(5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 131, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 131, H.D. 1.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair