STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3195

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2891

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2891 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Office of Youth Services to provide commercial enterprise vocational programs for young adults.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes the Office of Youth Services revolving fund;

(2) Establishes requirements regarding, and permits certain activities relating to, the Office of Youth Services' commercial enterprise vocational programs;

(3) Clarifies the types of programs that the Office of Youth Services is required to provide, including commercial enterprise vocational programs to promote self-sustainability in young adults;

(4) Clarifies the required contents of the Executive Director of the Office of Youth Services' annual reports to the Legislature; and

(5) Appropriates moneys to implement the requirements of the measure.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Community Alliance on Prisons, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that offering commercial enterprise vocational programs to young adults will prepare these young adults for entry into the workforce by providing opportunities to build skills and receive vocational training.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding a definition of the term "commercial enterprise vocational program" to section 352D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

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

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2891, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2891, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair