STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1800

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1270

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1270 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to replace the Director of Human Services with the Administrator of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Human Services, as an ex officio, voting member of the Workforce Development Council.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Workforce Development Council, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that federal regulations require that a representative of the State's Vocational Rehabilitation Program serve on the Workforce Development Council. A change in the membership of the Council is, therefore, needed to bring the Workforce Development Council into compliance with federal requirements. Failure to comply exposes the State to a potential loss of over $9,000,000 in federal funds.

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 S.B. No. 1270 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair