Bill Text: HI SB910 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Homeless Programs

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-10 - (S) Act 089, 5/10/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 547). [SB910 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB910-Amended.html

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 107-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

 

RE:    S.B. No. 910

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 910, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

The purpose of this measure is to transfer the functions and duties of the Homeless Programs Branch of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to the Benefit, Employment, and Support Services Division of the Department of Human Services (DHS).

 

Your Committee on Conference finds that the Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division is the appropriate place to embed homeless programs because it already provides services to the homeless such as tools to attain self-sufficiency, such as employment training, child care, and general assistance.  By transferring the homeless division to this Division, all services will be centralized and the coordination of homeless services will be streamlined.

 

     Your Committee has amended the measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the Department of Human Services (DHS) will transfer four employees from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to the Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division, both within DHS;

 

(2)  Clarifying that any transferred position that was exempt from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, under section 356D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, may remain exempt;

 

(3)  Changing the measure's effective date to July 1, 2010; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive stylistic changes for purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 910, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 910, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

____________________________ RIDA CABANILLA, Co-Chair		____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROLAND D. SAGUM III, Co-Chair		____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair