STAND. COM. REP. NO. 323-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 2290
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2290 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Allowing the Department of Human Services to draw from other funds appropriated to the Department in the event the General Assistance appropriation is insufficient to maintain General Assistance benefit payments; and
(2) Allowing the Director of Human Services to consider all funds appropriated to the Department when determining the monthly allowance for General Assistance.
The Department of Human Services and Legal Aid Society of Hawaii supported this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate discussion.
Your Committee notes that this measure is also referred to the Committee on Finance. Should the Committee on Finance consider this measure, your Committee is confident that the Committee on Finance will thoroughly examine the appropriateness of the bill's fiscal mechanisms to stabilize monthly benefit amounts under the General Assistance Program.
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 H.B. No. 2290, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2290, H.D. 1, 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 |
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