CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 155-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2027

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2027, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS,"

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:

(1) Appropriate funds to continue and improve the coordinated statewide homeless initiative to prevent homelessness and rehouse homeless individuals and families; and

(2) Require the Department of Human Services to use the appropriate funds to procure the services of a master contractor to manage subcontracts for services provided through the initiative.

Your Committee on Conference finds that since the inception of the coordinated statewide homeless initiative, the initiative has assisted over one thousand households and four thousand individuals by either preventing eviction or helping homeless families and individuals move into permanent housing. Your Committee on Conference further finds that evictions have dropped by twenty-five percent in the City and County of Honolulu, while ninety-seven percent of households assisted by the initiative remain housed. This measure will continue to support individuals and families who seek housing assistance.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the requirement that the administration of the appropriated funds must conform to industry financial accounting and performance standards;

(2) Deleting language exempting subcontracts to the master contract from chapters 42F, 103D, and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(3) Deleting language specifying the cost breakdown of the proposed appropriation;

(4) Inserting an appropriation amount of $1,500,000 to continue the coordinated statewide homeless initiative; and

(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2018.

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 S.B. No. 2027, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2027, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO Co-Chair	____________________________ JOSH GREEN Chair
____________________________ TOM BROWER Co-Chair	____________________________ WILL ESPERO Co-Chair
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE Co-Chair	____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH Co-Chair