STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1240-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2511

S.D. 2

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. 2511, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish two permanent full-time equivalent positions within the Office of Language Access to assist state agencies and state-funded agencies in implementing the requirements of Hawaii's language access law.

The Judiciary, Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, State Health Planning and Development Agency, Filipina Advocacy Network, Catholic Charities of Hawai‘i, Volunteer Legal Services Hawai‘i, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Hawaii Interpreter Action Network, and a few concerned individuals provided testimony in support of this measure. The Office of Language Access provided comments.

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. 2511, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2511, S.D. 2, 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