STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2124

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2536

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2536 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Department of Human Services to contract the services of a capture manager to secure grants and other funding opportunities for the department and appropriate funds for this position.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and Hawai‘i Primary Care Association.

Your Committee finds that adding a grant manager position aligns with the Department of Human Services' efforts and mission to support the well-being of individuals, families, and communities in Hawaii. Your Committee further finds that, in fiscal year 2017, the Department received thirty-six grants totaling $1,938,266,000, a majority of which were grants from the federal government for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and medical insurance coverage.

Your Committee notes that a grant manager position will assist the Department by seeking competitive grants and support the Department's effort to reducing poverty in the State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2536 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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JOSH GREEN, Chair