STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1302-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 229

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 229, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VECTOR CONTROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the Vector Control Branch of the Department of Health by appropriating moneys for program costs and 12 permanent positions.

Kohala Coast Resort Association, Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, and the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 229, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 229, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair