STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1588-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.C.R. No. 23

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 23 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY ANALYZING THE USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS OR OTHER SIMILAR MEANS TO DELIVER GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study analyzing the use and effectiveness of mobile applications or other similar means to deliver government assistance.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Your Committee finds that recipients of state and federal government assistance and social welfare programs often experience challenges in fully accessing the benefits of those programs. Your Committee further finds that while mobile applications developed to streamline and enhance the delivery of government assistance to program recipients may be a viable means of delivering services and reducing administrative burdens, additional information is needed on the use and effectiveness of these mobile applications.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to work with the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct the study and report to the Legislature;

(2) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(3) 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 Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 23, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 23, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair