STAND. COM. REP. NO. 556

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 101

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 101 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ON MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ACT 214, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2013,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Department of Health to implement the recommendations of the statewide Mobility Management Task Force, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013 (Act 214).

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, AARP Hawai‘i, and one individual.

Your Committees find that Hawaii's residents, including kupuna and individuals with disabilities, should be able to live at home with the supports they need to participate in communities that value their contributions. To enable the State to make an informed decision on the best means by which this objective can be effectuated, the Legislature established the Mobility Management Task Force in 2013 to make recommendations on establishing a transportation framework to assist kupuna and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in each county, including recommendations relating to funding through the state budget and program development. The task force's final report, submitted to the Legislature on January 30, 2015, recommended that the State continue to support the counties' efforts in developing their respective mobility management program by various means. This measure will allow those recommendations to be implemented and thereby promote the establishment of a comprehensive transportation system that offers efficient, safe, and affordable transportation options to the people of the State, allowing them to fully access the economic, health, and social aspects of their communities.

Your Committees acknowledge testimony of stakeholders that the Department of Transportation, rather than the Department of Health, is better suited to implement the recommendations made by the task force, and that implementation should be done in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Executive Office on Aging and other stakeholder groups. Therefore, amendments to this measure are necessary to reflect this advice.

Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the expending agency for the appropriated funds from the Department of Health to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the statewide Mobility Management Task Force in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Executive Office on Aging and other stakeholder groups;

(2) Amending section 1 to reflect its amended purpose;

(3) Inserting an effective date of December 31, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Transportation and Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 101, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 101, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair

________________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair