STAND. COM. REP. NO.  500

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 616

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 616 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish one full-time equivalent program specialist position within the Adult Protective and Community Services Branch of the Department of Human Services to oversee the foster grandparent program and senior companion programs in Maui County.  

AARP and several individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Human Services and an individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2075, to facilitate further discussion.

     Should the Committee on Finance consider this measure, your Committee on Human Services respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $25,386 for each year of the 2017-2019 Fiscal Biennium to establish one full-time equivalent program specialist position within the Adult Protective and Community Services Branch to oversee the foster grandparent program and senior companion programs in Maui County.

     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 H.B. No. 616, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 616, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair