STAND. COM. REP. NO. 963

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1366

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1366, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Human Services to establish and coordinate a three-year Return-to-Home Pilot Program to assist eligible homeless individuals in the State in reuniting with families and relatives in their home states; and

(2) Appropriate funds to implement the Return-to-Home Pilot Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; The Institute for Human Services, Inc.; Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association; and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1366, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair