THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, February 29, 2016

TIME:

9:05 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2559

      Proposed SD1

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes minimum requirements for emergency shelters.  Requires homeless shelter stipends to be paid for achievement of performance measures.  Repeals the automatic annual adjustment of homeless shelter stipend amounts. Revises existing provisions on the establishment and collection of shelter and service payments from homeless families and individuals.  Requires homeless service provider agencies to submit a financial audit to the department of human services at least annually.  Establishes and funds 2.0 FTE positions to assist in the implementation of the homeless shelter program.  Appropriates general funds for homeless shelters and other non-recurring costs, contingent upon the reduction of an appropriation to the emergency and budget reserve fund in fiscal year 2014-2015. (Proposed SD1)

 

Copies of the proposed SD 1 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website:  www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

 

WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Jill N. Tokuda

Chair