STAND. COM. REP. NO. 240

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1492

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 1492 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOBILITY MANAGEMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Mobility Management, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Executive Office on Aging and other stakeholder groups.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, AARP Hawaiʻi, and three individuals.

Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committees find that frail elders and individuals with disabilities, particularly those in rural communities, may have difficulty in accessing transportation for medical appointments, shopping, visits to family and friends, and other necessary activities. Your Committees further find that providing appropriations to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the Task Force for Mobility Management will enable the resources, coordination, and leadership to move transportation projects forward, such as a Mobility Management Program and Mobility Center, to assist individuals in better accessing transportation resources that would enable frail elders and individuals with disabilities to live independently, participate in their communities, and experience a better quality of life.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1492 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Health and Human Services,

________________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair