STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3664

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 

 

RE:     H.B. No. 2670

        H.D. 2

        S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2670, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Agriculture to create a local healthy food incentive program that promotes the purchase of Hawaii-grown produce by beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Department of Health; County of Hawaii, Mayor's Office; American Heart Association; Community First; Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; Hawaii Children's Action Network; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; Hawaii Pacific Health; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Hawaii Public Health Institute; Kamehameha Schools; Pioneering Healthier Communities of Honolulu; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Ulupono Initiative; and nine individuals.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

 

     Your Committee finds that requiring the Department of Agriculture to create a healthy food incentive program that promotes the purchase of Hawaii-grown produce by beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will promote economic growth and increase access to fresh food in the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2670, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair