STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2602

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3002

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 3002 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 and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the Mobility Management Task Force, established pursuant to Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Executive Office on Aging and other stakeholder groups.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board, AARP Hawaiʻi, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, and five individuals.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013 (Act 214), established a task force on mobility management within the Department of Health to make recommendations on establishing a transportation framework to assist elders and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in each county, including recommendations relating to the state budget and program development. According to the report, statewide, especially in rural communities, many elderly residents are without family members nearby to provide transportation and are too frail or disabled to access public transit. Your Committee recognizes the need to implement policies on mobility management, a concept in which a single entity in a geographical area is charged with knowing and deploying the entire array of transportation resources available. This measure provides resources to move towards these mobility management goals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3002 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 Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair