STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3037
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2437
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2437, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the establishment of, appropriate funds for, and require a legislative report regarding a neighbor islands blind and visually impaired service pilot program that provides training and other services to blind and visually impaired individuals residing on the neighbor islands.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board, Hawaii State Committee of Blind Vendors, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, and eight individuals.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Human Services, and Executive Office on Aging.
Your Committee finds that the State should provide necessary services to the thousands of blind and visually impaired neighbor island residents who lack access to those services.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2437, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2437, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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