STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2192

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2018

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2018 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.

     Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language to establish a program within the Department of Human Services to assist homeless individuals who suffer from multiple chronic diseases find housing opportunities in the community and to obtain federal moneys to implement and carry out the program.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

     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. 2018, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Human Services, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2018, 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