STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1178

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 564

H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 564, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate an unspecified amount of funds for the Department of Human Resources Development to:

(1) Establish two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) Information Technology Specialist positions;

(2) Upgrade information technology systems, including network upgrades, and purchase and install desktop computers, workstations, and laptops; and

(3) Train personnel.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development.

Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary for the Department of Human Resources Development to administer the state human resources program more effectively and efficiently. According to oral testimony received by your Committee, the Department currently has one information technology specialist to support the entire department. This measure provides necessary resources to the Department of Human Resources Development.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 564, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Technology,

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair