STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1463-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: S.B. No. 2906
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 Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Health & Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2906, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE GOVERNOR'S COORDINATOR ON HOMELESSNESS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to
establish in statute the position of Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness,
which will:
(1) Establish clear lines of accountability; and
(2) Increase efficiency by specifying that the Coordinator on Homelessness reports directly to the Governor.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of
Transportation, Mental Health America of Hawai‘i,
Parents and Children Together, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic
Justice, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic
Party of Hawai‘i, and an individual testified in support
of this measure. The Governor's Coordinator
on Homelessness, Department of the Attorney General, and Department of Human
Services provided comments on this measure.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the requirement for the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to be appointed pursuant to section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which, among other things, would have required advice and consent of the Senate;
(2) Changing the full-time equivalent amount for the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness position to an unspecified amount; and
(3) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Health & Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2906, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2906, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Health & Human Services,
____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair |
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