CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 51
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: H.B. No. 1098
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2017
State of Hawaii
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2017
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1098, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESS SHELTERS,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to provide the Department of Human Services (DHS) with sufficient flexibility to address the diverse needs of the State's homeless population as it relates to Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2016, which was established to address homelessness and includes a strategy to make the homeless shelter system more cost effective and appealing to homeless families and individuals.
Specifically, this measure:
(1) Permits, rather than requires, emergency shelters to have partitioned space for each homeless family or individual, which provides separation from other homeless families or individuals in the shelter;
(2) Delays by one year, the requirement that contracts between DHS and emergency or transitional shelter providers comply with Act 234, SLH 2016; and
(3) Delays the effective date of Act 234, SLH 2016, by one year, to July 1, 2018, except for subsection (c) of section 6 of the Act, which requires DHS to work with provider agencies to implement the Act, and which took effect on July 1, 2016.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to June 30, 2017.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1098, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1098, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ JOSH GREEN Chair |
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____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA Co-Chair |
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____________________________ WILL ESPERO Co-Chair |
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____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA Co-Chair |
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____________________________ CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES Co-Chair |