STAND. COM. REP. NO.  216-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2430

      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. 2430 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SENIOR FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the health and well-being of low-income senior citizens by providing better access to nutritious fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and honey through vouchers provided by the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program.

Kokua Council and GreenWheel Food Hub supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate discussion;

(2)  Inserting a blank appropriation amount to facilitate further discussion; and

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

     Your Committee respectfully notes that the original appropriation request was for $500,000, for FY 2014-2015.

     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. 2430, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2430, 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