STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1124-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2841

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2841, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERIM ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to eliminate fluctuations in the amount of General Assistance payments made to disabled individuals by establishing the Interim Assistance Reimbursement Special Fund to allow the Department of Human Services to retain interim assistance reimbursements received for a prior fiscal year, as opposed to the current requirement that these funds be deposited into the general fund.

The Department of Human Services and Legal Aid Society of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2080, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

     Your Committee respectfully encourages further discussion of this measure as it proceeds to your Committee on Finance and through the legislative process.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2841, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2841, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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MELE CARROLL, Chair