STAND. COM. REP. NO. 348

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 415

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 415, H.D. 1, 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Mobility Management established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, AARP Hawai‘i, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the 2015 final report of the Mobility Management Task Force, established by Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, recommends that the State continue to support the counties' efforts in developing their own mobility management programs. Your Committee further finds that there is still an ongoing need to continue support for these programs and improve the lives of the State's residents who rely on these programs to fully participate in their communities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 415, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 415, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair