STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1163

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 1101

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 1101, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERIM ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help reduce the need for future emergency appropriations for the Department of Human Service's General Assistance program by:

     (1)  Establishing the Interim Assistance Reimbursement Special Fund to accept as deposits, among other things, reimbursements from the federal government for state-funded financial assistance paid to qualified recipients while their application for supplemental security income is pending a determination; and

     (2)  Requiring monies from the Special Fund to be used for state-funded financial assistance payments and programs that support and assist recipients to qualify for supplemental security income.

The Department of Human Services; Legal Aid Society of Hawaii; Community Alliance for Mental Health; United Self Help; Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc.; and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1101, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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MELE CARROLL, Chair