STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1898

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 809

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 809 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 42F, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for operating and capital improvement grants.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Youth Services Network, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, Hawaii Psychological Association, Mental Health America of Hawaii, Hawaii Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and numerous individuals.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations and Parents and Children Together.

Your Committee finds that the funds appropriated by this measure will assist Hawaii's private organizations to provide essential and impactful services to residents and communities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making a technical nonsubstantive change for the purpose of clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 809, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 809, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair