STAND. COM. REP. NO.  301

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1346

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1346 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the positive development of middle school and high school youth by appropriating funds to the Office of Youth Services to establish a program for positive youth development through the establishment, support, and enhancement of after school and school break programs.  

The Office of Youth Services, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Big Island Adult Foster Home Operators, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the amount appropriated to the Office of Youth Services to an unspecified amount;

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Human Services requests that it consider appropriating $800,000 for the establishment and operation of the positive youth development 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. 1346, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1346, 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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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair