Bill Text: HI SB2804 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Homelessness; Interagency Council; Designated Safe Facilities; Department of Human Services; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-13 - (S) Act 105, 06/08/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207). [SB2804 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2804-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2314
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2804
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2804 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Establish the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness to be administratively placed within the Department of Human Services; and
(2) Appropriate funds to the Department of Human Services for administrative expenses of the Council.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Coordinator on Homelessness, Office of the Governor; the Office of Veterans Services, Department of Defense; the Department of Health; the Department of Human Services; the Office of Housing and Community Development, County of Hawai‘i; Catholic Charities Hawai‘i; the Hawai‘i Association of Realtors; the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; the Hawaii Youth Services Network; the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Partners in Care; and three individuals.
Your Committee finds that establishing the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness in the Hawaii Revised Statutes will further enhance the State's ability to provide effective and meaningful approaches and solutions to address homelessness in Hawaii. Your Committee also finds that having a council membership that represents a wide cross section of the community, including representatives from the government, the business community, the faith-based community, and social services, will provide the necessary perspective and expertise that the interagency council needs to develop overall strategies to prevent and end homelessness.
Your Committee notes that the applicability of the Sunshine Law, chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the interagency council may cause ethical concern.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, or designee, to the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness membership;
(2) Adding language that excludes the members of the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness from the standards of conduct under chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(3) Inserting an appropriation amount of $25,000 to be expended by the Department of Human Services for administrative expenses of the Council; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 2804, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2804, 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,
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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