STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2269

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2793

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 Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2793 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POVERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Human Services to use an integrated and multigenerational approach when delivering human services to improve social well-being, economic security, and productivity and to reduce intergenerational poverty and dependence on public benefits.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Human Services provides benefits and services to one in four Hawaii residents, or about 360,000 individuals, and provides medical insurance coverage for about half of the State's children. Your Committee further finds that the Department is part of a national movement to improve the delivery of human services led by the National Governors Association, American Public Human Services Association, Ascend of the Aspen Institute, Urban Institute, and other agencies and organizations. Your Committee notes that the adoption of a service integration and multigenerational approach will transform the Department's practices and services to better support children, parents, and other individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 2793, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2793, S.D. 1, 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