STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1278

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1430

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate $300,000 for the establishment and operation of a comprehensive service center for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Public Library System-Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Community Alliance for Mental Health, and four individuals.

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure encourages community participation and promotes individual growth for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind population in the State.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion.

     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 H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1430, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair