STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1029-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2887

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2887, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "developmental disabilities" in section 333F-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include a child from birth to age nine who has a substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition, without meeting three or more criteria described in the current definition, if the child, without services and supports, has a high probability of meeting the criteria later in life.

The Department of Health, Disability and Communication Access Board, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Self-Advocacy Advisory Council, Hawaii Children's Action Network, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2887, S.D. 1,  and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair