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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

  SUPPORTING THE CARING...FOR LIFE FOUNDATION AS THE COORDINATING
    AGENCY FOR A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ACT AS A SINGLE
    ENTITY TO COORDINATE COMPONENTS OF A LONG-TERM CARE
    SYSTEM.
  


 1        WHEREAS, the Hawaii Long-Term Care Reform Task Force (task
 2   force), composed of private organizations concerned with long-
 3   term care in Hawaii, submitted a final report to the
 4   Legislature on June 30, 1997, pursuant to Senate Concurrent
 5   Resolution No. 121, 1995; and
 6   
 7        WHEREAS, the task force had the mission to study,
 8   evaluate, and understand the issues and problems of long-term
 9   care for the elderly; and
10   
11        WHEREAS, the primary recommendation of the task force was
12   that "A single entity be established and empowered with the
13   necessary authority to coordinate all present and future
14   components of a long-term care system into a functional,
15   affordable, accessible system serving persons who need long-
16   term care"; and
17   
18        WHEREAS, private sector organizations such as the
19   Caring...for Life Foundation, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
20   Foundation, Queen's Health System, Hawaii Medical Service
21   Association, Kapiolani HealthHawaii, and others have expressed
22   their interest and support of the primary recommendation of the
23   task force; and
24   
25        WHEREAS, the Caring...for Life Foundation spearheaded the
26   task force and authored the final report of the task force; and 
27   
28        WHEREAS, the work of the task force is not complete until
29   its recommendations can be implemented through the
30   establishment of a public-private partnership to act as a
31   single entity to:
32   
33        (1)  Plan, organize, administer, and monitor long-term
34             care services, from entry through closure;

 
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 2        (2)  Refine, adapt, and utilize case management principles
 3             and practices appropriate to the needs of individuals
 4             in home- and community-based care or in institutional
 5             care; 
 6   
 7        (3)  Design and implement programs for public awareness
 8             and education on long-term care;
 9   
10        (4)  Recommend statutory revisions and amendments to
11             administrative rules to minimize barriers to service
12             providers, family caregivers, and construction of
13             needed facilities;
14   
15        (5)  Evaluate financing for long-term care; and
16   
17        (6)  Work toward the permanent establishment of an
18             integrated long-term care system through a public-
19             private partnership;
20   
21   now, therefore,
22   
23        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
24   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
25   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that the Twentieth Legislature
26   strongly supports the Caring...for Life Foundation as the
27   coordinating agency to form a public-private partnership to act
28   as the single entity in accordance with the recommendations of
29   the task force as contained in its final report; and
30   
31        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the public-private partnership
32   include, but not be limited to, representatives of the
33   Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Department
34   of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, University of Hawaii,
35   agencies on aging for each county, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
36   Foundation, Queen's Health System, Hawaii Medical Service
37   Association, and Kapiolani HealthHawaii; and
38   
39        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the public-private partnership
40   serve as the framemwork for establishing a long-term care
41   system for Hawaii, including the elements of the environment,
42   education, funding, consumer safeguards, caregivers, service
43   providers, and technology; and

 
 
 
 
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 2        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Caring...for Life
 3   Foundation make a progress report to the Legislature no later
 4   than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session
 5   of 2000, and a final report no later than twenty days prior to
 6   the convening of the Regular Session of 2001; and
 7   
 8        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
 9   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Caring...for Life
10   Foundation, Department of Health, Department of Human Services,
11   Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, University of
12   Hawaii, agencies for aging in each county, Harry and Jeanette
13   Weinberg Foundation, Queen's Health System, Hawaii Medical
14   Service Association, and Kapiolani HealthHawaii.
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