STAND. COM. REP. NO. 144

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 148

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 148 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 amend the law relating to human services.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language to appropriate monies to establish and operate a comprehensive service center for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind.

     Prior to amending this measure, a proposed S.D. 1 was prepared and made available for public review.

     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. 148, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Human Services, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 148, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair