STAND. COM. REP. NO. 559-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2429

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2429, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Human Services to provide temporary emergency assistance, case management, and other recovery services following the period covered by an emergency proclamation and establishes an emergency management program within the Director of Human Services' office.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Human Services has responded to various emergency management incidents over the past five years. This measure will provide the Department of Human Services with the necessary authority to provide temporary emergency public assistance to those who do not qualify for the Department's means-tested programs and to continue to assist survivors, including organizations, through their recovery process after the emergency proclamation or disaster declaration period ends.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the procurement processes exemption shall be until June 30, 2026; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2429, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2429, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair