Bill Text: HI HB1187 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Homeless; Return Home

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1187 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1187-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1047

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1187

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1187, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOMELESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a return-to-home program for the homeless, which would assist certain homeless in returning to their families in their home states.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was provided by one individual.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was provided by Waianae Community Outreach.  The Department of Human Services – Hawaii Public Housing Authority provided comments on this measure.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure could help the homeless who have been stranded in Hawaii return to their families and homes and also potentially save the State money that it would otherwise spend on medical care, shelter, food, and other support for the homeless.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date from July 1, 2046, to July 1, 2050; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of 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. 1187, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1187, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

		____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair