STAND. COM. REP. NO. 596

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 660

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 660 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish within the Departments of Health and Human Services a two-year pilot project authorizing the Departments to contract with an individual to serve as a capture manager who will be responsible for:

(1) Acting as a dedicated grant writer; and

(2) Securing grants and managing other funding opportunities from public and private sources on behalf of the Department.

The Hawai‘i Primary Care Association, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and one individual testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health and Department of Human Services provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Providing that the capture manager may be retained as a contractor, exempt from the State Procurement Code, or as a temporary employee, exempt from civil service laws;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committees note the Department of Human Services' request to extend the pilot program to three years.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 660, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 660, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services & Homelessness,

______________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair